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Just Listed: Modern Bi-Level Condo in Francisville
As anyone who has visited Francisville lately knows, the hammers have been swinging and saws buzzing freely there for quite some time. New houses and […]
Just Listed: Historic House Pair in Rose Valley
Have you ever driven through the Delaware County hamlet of Rose Valley and said to yourself, “This place looks very special. I think I might […]
Just Listed: Starter Condo in Chesterbrook
Every year, the community, school and workplace rating site Niche.com — based in Pittsburgh, by the way — issues a list of the “Best Places […]
Just Listed: Rebuilt “Rancher” in Levittown
The Levittowns — seven of them were built between 1947 and the mid-1960s, most not with that name — revolutionized American suburbia. By adapting assembly-line […]
On the Market: Prairie-Style Manor in Pottstown
This house for sale outside Pottstown combines two of the most influential styles in the history of modern architecture under one deep-eaved roof. And I […]
On the Market: Designer Colonial in Chestnut Hill
Brooks Brothers aficionados, including this reporter, love the iconic American clothier because it offers timeless style: Its clothing never goes out of fashion because it […]
On the Market: Midcentury Modern in Penn Valley
Every architect who worked in the midcentury modern style channeled Frank Lloyd Wright in one important respect: The houses they produced are low-slung and dramatically […]
Just Listed: Historic Colonial Homestead in Plymouth Meeting
“George Washington slept here” is perhaps the biggest cliché one can dust off to give one’s place some historical cred hereabouts. In the case of […]
Just Listed: Modern Workingman’s Rowhouse in Point Breeze
If you asked me what would define a “progressive conservative,” I’d respond with this sentence: A progressive conservative acts to make room for the future […]
On the Market: Upgraded Townhouse in Rittenhouse
Did you miss this opportunity to live on the street referred to in a 2014 HuffPost article as “arguably the prettiest street in the entire Northeast”? What […]
On the Market: Live/Work/Play Farm Compound Near Collegeville
Some of you may have heard of a guy named Chuck Marohn. He’s a self-described “recovering highway engineer” from Brainerd, Minn., who runs an organization […]
On the Market: Unique Custom House in Malvern
Every so often, I run across a house for sale that stops me in my tracks. I found one of those this morning. This very […]
On the Market: Century-Spanning Manor in Flourtown
There are many opportunities hereabouts to live in historic houses that have stood for centuries. Far fewer opportunities exist to live in history lessons that […]
On the Market: Regency Colonial in Bryn Mawr
So The New York Times beat us to this listing with a roundup post that featured it this past May. No skin off our backs at all, […]
On the Market: High Modernist Condo in Rittenhouse
Behind the dawn-of-the-20th-century Romanesque facade of 1606 Chestnut St. now lurks a condominium building that’s so sleek and modern, you’ll swear it was built yesterday. […]