Sandy Smith

Home and Real Estate Editor

Sandy Smith is Philadelphia magazine’s Home and Real Estate editor. A Kansas City native, he has called Philly home for more than 35 years. He reports on houses for sale, condos for sale, apartments for rent, new construction, development and trends in the Greater Philadelphia real estate market.

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Property

Enormous Italianate Mansions Coming to Graduate Hospital

Is the 1400 block of Bainbridge becoming the land of million-dollar homes?

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Inside Graduate Hospital’s Carpenter Square

New townhomes with eco-friendly features.

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Housing Is the Bright Spot In Pew’s “State of the City”

All thanks to the pretty young things who have arrived on Philly shores.

City Life

Race and the Roots of Philly Transit Strikes

Smith: The racially motivated wildcat strike of 1944 continues to haunt us.

Property

NoLibs Neighbors Split Down Middle on Dwell

The new development seems to be a love-hate proposition.

City Life

6 Design Ideas SEPTA Should Steal Now

Smith: The system’s stations and shelters could look as nice as its new Regional Rail stations … without much effort.

Property

Rittenhouse Brownstone Morphs Into 12 Apartments

Ebenezer Warren’s former home yielded plenty of original details — and one dead cat.

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There Is a New Development Called Awesometown

And Postgreen assures you it will be rad to live there.

Property

Parke Place Progress Report: What Is That Hole?

That’s Phase Two of the ultra-luxurious townhouse development.

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City Life

The One PGW Sale Question That Really Matters

Smith: Is it actually the best say to solve the city’s looming pension boondoggle?

Property

Is Drexel President John Fry a Mind-Reader?

He recently seemed to anticipate community priorities for UCHS.

Property

How Important Is Preserving “Neighborhood Character”?

From Powelton Village to Graduate Hospital.

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Millennials Are Sick of Living With Their Parents

Hence: “multifamily is hot”

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City Life

SEPTA to Rebuild City Hall Station

Smith: It’s part of a long list of planned improvements now that the agency has secured funding.

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NoLibs Civic Still Concerned About TLA Movie Theater

A cafe is fine. A restaurant is not.