#clarkmore

[ariel-seagull-wings]

@inevitablemoment

Introducing a face cast to Winston and Tiyah's adoptive daughter: Celeste Clark Zeddemore.

Her face cast is Jamia Simone Nash (actress and singer most known for being the voice of Uniqua in Backyardigans).

[inevitablemoment]

07. being able to predict the other's words

18. "You know what I will say"

For Clarkmore

Set during their engagement

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Tiyah pouted as she felt Winston's hand gently rub her shoulder.

"Come on, babe, it's time to get up," he whispered gently, kissing her temple.

"No, Win," she groaned. "Let me sleep in..."

"I thought you had work today," he said.

"No, Mrs. Ward is back from maternity leave," Tiyah told him as she turned onto her side. "Unless one of the other teachers call in sick, I won't need to come in. So--"

"Yeah, you can sleep in late," Winston agreed.

Tiyah turned back to face Winston. "I was about to ask that."

They smiled at each other as she leaned in closer.

"And you're about to suggest that you could call in sick and stay in bed with me?" Tiyah suggested.

"You know what I'll say to that."

[myphillyrealty]

4224 Baltimore Avenue site still a pit, 4 years later

What’s going on with this project?

On a normal day, the four-way intersection at 43rd Street and Baltimore Avenue is a hub of activity, with Clarkville restaurant and Green Life Cafe on the two north corners and Clark Park to the south. Meanwhile, the fourth corner at 4224 Baltimore Avenue, stands in stark contrast to the others as an overgrown dirt pit.

Construction on a 132-unit residential building—a mix of rentals and condos—with ground-floor commercial space should have been well underway by now at this site. The 4224 Baltimore project was first proposed four years ago in 2013, though the design soon underwent some significant changes until it was met with good reviews from the community and Civic Design Review. With zoning permits in hand and the support of the community, the construction timeline called for a summer 2016 groundbreaking.

Yet there has been so signs of activity at the site for months. What gives?

Spruce Hill Community Association’s zoning chair Barry Grossbach told Curbed Philly in an e-mail, “Our understanding in Spruce Hill is that the project is still on the drawing board and that the property owner is in the process of completing engineering studies and construction drawings.”

Rendering by Cecil Baker + Partners

That was the last update Grossbach received from the owner, New York-based Clarkmore LLC, at the end of 2016. “We are awaiting further word,” Grossbach said.

That’s more or less the same answer that’s been floating around since West Philly Local last questioned the project’s status in October. Around the same time that article was published, there was talk that the project was no longer in play.

Clarkmore LLC bought the site in 2008 for $3.5 million and subsequently tore down a historic building that previously served as a school and women’s shelter, according to Naked Philly. Although the owner could have built a project here by-right, the developer decided to collaborate with local organization U3 Ventures, which worked with the community to come up with the design proposal over months of meetings.

The project’s website has remained quiet, too, after years of regularly posting updates.

Clarkmore and U3 Ventures did not respond to requests for comment. We will update this article if and when we learn more.

4224 Baltimore [Official]

Mapping major University City projects under construction [Curbed Philly]

What’s going on with 4224 Baltimore project? [West Philly Local]

Residential Project Coming to Vacant Lot Near Clark Park [NakedPhilly]

4224 Baltimore Project Proposals Show a Lot of Glass [Curbed Philly]

from http://philly.curbed.com/

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