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Philadelphia Garden Clean-Up
YOU CAN TELL JUST BY LOOKING at this 20’x25′ backyard with its battered brick wall, which is attached to the rear unit of the double-trinity house I own in the Old Kensington section of Philadelphia, that the garden is a … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, LANDSCAPING, PHILADELPHIA
Tagged annuals, backyard, clean up, cleaning up, gravel patio, Kensington, pea gravel, PHILADELPHIA, salvaged brick, trinity house, urban garden, weeds
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Rent This Quirky, Adorable Philadelphia Trinity House
IT WORKED BEFORE, SO I’M TRYING IT AGAIN. I rented my townhouse in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, last month through this blog when six real estate brokers and Craigslist couldn’t do it. Now another of my rental properties is becoming available … Continue reading
Posted in PHILADELPHIA, PROPERTIES FOR RENT
Tagged 1940s, 19th century, artists' studios, backyard, brick row houses, BROOKLYN, by owner, carpet factories, claw foot tub, Cobble Hill, for rent, garden, gravel, Kensington, Little England, living lofts, loft-like, new kitchen, Northern Liberties, painted, Palethorp Street, pedestal sink, PHILADELPHIA, Philly, re-wired, renovated, textile factories, trinity house, vintage
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Why I Love Philadelphia, Part 3: Trinity Houses
“TRINITIES,” IN PHILADELPHIA PARLANCE, are three-room, three-story houses — one room per floor — built between the 1790s and 1840s. They’re cozy, charming, evocative, historic, and, some might add, un-livable. Rear unit of my ‘double trinity’ in South Kensington, above. … Continue reading
Posted in PHILADELPHIA, PROPERTIES FOR SALE
Tagged 1790s, 1840s, Baltimore, Center City, cobbled alleys, Elfreth's Alley, Fishtown, Graduate Hospital, Old City, Old Kensington, PHILADELPHIA, pied a terre, porthole windows, Queen Village, Rittenhouse Square, stucco, trinities, trinity house, wrought-iron balcony
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