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Tag Archives: Queen Village
The Itinerant Urban Gardener
IT BEGAN when my daughter moved into a Prospect Heights brownstone with a struggling pine tree in a barrel out front. Each time I visited, I eyed the dead branches, wishing I could take a pruner to the thing and … Continue reading
Sweet Philly Trinity 199K
YOU’VE HEARD OF THE TINY HOUSE MOVEMENT? They invented that in Philadelphia a couple of centuries ago. The compact ‘trinity houses’ of the late 18th and 19th centuries are now much-coveted for their coziness, charm, and economy. And a dollhouse … Continue reading
Posted in PHILADELPHIA, PROPERTIES FOR SALE
Tagged for sale, Queen Village, trinities, trinity, trinity houses
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No vember
WHEN I WAS ABOUT 9, my uncle taught me this ditty: No birds No bees No flowers No trees No wonder…November. I still find it amusing, even though it’s not true. The goldfinches are still at the thistle feeder. I … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, COTTAGE LIVING, GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged angelina, B&B, catmint, cimicifuga, cottage, lambs ear, Ligne Roset, lirope, Maui, moving, Nakashima, Phildelphia, pied a terre, Prospect Heights, Queen Village, rhododendrons, sarcococca, sedum, storage, vintage
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Rent My Philadelphia Garden Apartment
FIRST DIBS, DEAR READERS. This 1-bedroom garden apartment, available for rent as of January 1, has not even made it to Craigslist yet. It’s in one of my two Philadelphia buildings — the one in Queen Village, which is probably … Continue reading
Playing Tourist in Philly
The brand-new LeMeridien in Center City TODAY BEGAN WITH COFFEE AND A CROISSANT at the Reading Terminal Market, an indoor foodie paradise the likes of which no city should be without (though I know of no other such place anywhere) … Continue reading
Posted in HISTORIC PRESERVATION, INTERIOR DESIGN, LANDSCAPING, MISCELLANEOUS, PHILADELPHIA, ROAD TRIPS, TRAVEL
Tagged City Hall, Fishtown, Garden Conservancy, Greensgrow Farms, hotel, Kensington, Le Meridien, Love Park, Old City, Open Days, Queen Village, Randall Rosenthal, Reading Terminal Market, Southwark Restaurant, Standard Tap, Starwood, Winterthur, Wood Turning Center
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Bright Top Floor 1BR in Prime Philly $975
UPDATE: This apartment has been rented. YOU WERE THINKING OF MOVING TO PHILADELPHIA, weren’t you? Or maybe you already live there and need new digs. The town is hot hot hot, so hot that the popular Brooklyn-based real estate blog, … Continue reading
