Food truck festival in Fairmount neighborhood of Philly tonight....
Food truck festival in Fairmount neighborhood of Philly tonight. Lots of fun if you like waiting in long lines for food or drinks.
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Mom and I at #eatsphilly competition. Rooting for...
Mom and I at #eatsphilly competition. Rooting for @chadrosenthal Food network star for the win
Skate Park In Philadelphia
Paine’s Park to Open May 22nd
Paine’s Park, the “public place for skateboarding” near the Art Museum, will open
on Wednesday, May 22nd. This announcement comes on the heels of a successful
Kickstarter campaign.
Since October, crews have worked to create the park between Eakins Oval and the
Schuylkill River Trail. Paine???s Park isn’t so much a skatepark, but a ???shared public space
where skateboarding is the primary use.??? In addition, there will also be seating areas and
new links between the Parkway and Schuylkill River Trail.
The park’s designers, Anthony Bracali of Friday Architects/Planners and SkateNerd’s
Brian Nugent, aimed to replicate the kind of skating environment found in LOVE Park,
and while Paine???s Park may not replace LOVE Park or Dilworth Plaza in the hearts of
some skaters, pieces of those spaces are part of the new park: two 20-foot granite slabs
salvaged from LOVE Park and eight benches from Dilworth Plaza were incorporated into
the design.
The park cost more than $4.5 million to build, financed through private, city and state
funds, and is a collaborative effort between the city’s skateboarding community and
government. Last month, Franklin???s Paine Skatepark Fund held a successful Kickstarter
campaign, which surpassed its $10,000 goal to cover the project’s remaining costs.
???These funds raised will go towards our construction and project management costs,
and the funds raised in excess of our goal will help us with our first year programming
and maintenance costs,??? explained Franklin???s Paine Skatepark Fund Executive Director
Claire Laver.
???Every time I walk on site I have to pinch myself,??? Laver said. ???The park is really starting
to take shape now that the 360 degree observation deck and central amphitheater are
almost complete, and we have flat work and trees going in now too.???
Information from Curbed.??
#settlement. #philadelphiarealtor Another happy Rosenthal Group...
#settlement. #philadelphiarealtor Another happy Rosenthal Group client
Hottest Philadelphia Neighborhoods
This month, Philadelphia Magazine released their annual guide to the best real estate in the city and
suburbs. Cheering that the local market is ???finally getting its groove back,??? the magazine compiled a list
of the 15 hottest neighborhoods, including great statistics such as what???s selling where ( for how much/
how fast) to the people doing the buying (increase in residents with a B.A. or higher). Neighborhoods
included (in no specific) Fairmount, Fishtown/Kensington, Lower North Philly, Graduate Hospital, Northern
Liberties, Avenue of the Arts and Rittenhouse.
???What our list reveals about the city???and its residents???may delight you. Or it may just make you want to
pack up and move now, while you can still get in.???
Data derived from HomExpert Market Report, a product of Prudential Fox & Roach, Realtors, Research
Division.
New Campaign Focuses On Inspiring Philadelphians to Venture Beyond Their Own Backyards
The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation is rolling out an interactive website that focuses
on the city???s neighborhoods. It includes more than just listings of neighborhood eateries ??? it also features
videos from neighborhood residents that detail their favorite places to visit.
Funded through a grant through the William Penn Foundation, the Philadelphia Neighborhoods campaign
spotlights 14 of the visitor-ready areas that surround Center City. The site allows you to explore the
storied streets, buzzed-about restaurants, craft beer-centric bars, emerging art galleries, indie shops,
intimate music venues, plentiful parks and annual festivals.
GPTMC President Meryl Levitz hopes it will encourage visitors to Philly and natives too to venture
???one more block??? to visit a neighborhood not on their itinerary. She explained, ???Sometimes people just
need an invitation. These 14 neighborhoods that ring Center City are ready for visitors, have a sense of
community and want to share it.???
Mike Harris Executive Director of South Street and Head House District is thrilled to be a part of it: ???So
much word of mouth gets out there about what???s going on and we???re thrilled by that!???
http://www.visitphilly.com/philadelphia-neighborhoods/?
utm_source=redirect&utm_medium=printunkown&utm_campaign=neighborhoods
You can ask the Office of Property Assessment to reconsider the new assessment of your home???s value if you file a first-level review request by Sunday, March 31s
You have probably received your new assessed home value, the product of the Actual Value Initiative (AVI), and you???re thinking, ???How did they come up with that number???? If so, you should request a first-level review of your assessment.
The first-level review is intended to be a quick process that will allow the city???s Office of Property Assessment to consider factors affecting the value of your home that it may not have known about during the reassessment process. As a result of the review, they may adjust the value of your home without your having to file a formal appeal with the Board of Revision of Taxes.
In order to secure the best possible outcome, you put together the strongest possible case you can make for an over assessment and submit it to the Office of Property Assessment sooner rather than later. If you cannot reach a satisfactory agreement with the OPA, you still have the right to formally appeal your assessment to the BRT. The deadline for filing appeals is Monday, October 7th. (It is not necessary to request a first-level review before filing an appeal.)
More information about the review and appeal process is available at http://www.phila.gov/OPA/Assessments/Pages/Appeals.aspx
Home Prices Show Best Yearly Gains
Home Prices Show Best Yearly Gain
Home prices in the U.S. picked up in December, closing out 2012 with the biggest yearly gain in over six years, a hopeful sign that the housing market is getting back on its feet. The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas rose 0.9% in December on a seasonally adjusted basis, topping expectations for a gain of 0.5%. Prices in the 20 cities jumped 6.8% year-over-year, ahead of expectations for 6.6% and the best yearly gain since July 2006. For the final quarter of the year, prices gained 2% on a seasonally adjusted basis. On a non-adjusted basis, prices were up 0.2% in December.
Last year housing contributed to economic growth for the first time since 2005 as the sector began to recover from its far-reaching collapse. Prices have been rising since last February as the supply of available homes for sale tightened in 2012, helping to stabilize home values. Investors buying cheap homes to be converted into rentals also supported the market and some hard-hit areas saw a sharp bounce back in prices.
“While the economy faces challenges from the fiscal cuts, the housing market is on a good footing due to low inventory, slow clearing of foreclosure, steady household formation and more easing of mortgage credits,” said Michelle Meyer, senior economist at Bank Of America Merrill Lynch in New York.
U.S. stock index futures saw little reaction to the data, with Wall Street set for a higher open, while the dollar extended losses against the euro.
AVI Tax Calculator from the City Of Philadelphia
Now that the Actual Value Initiative has been completed, The City of Philadelphia has offered an AVI calculator so you can figure out how much your taxes will be increasing.?? Simply follow the link below and put your property address into the address field.??
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