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The Navy Yard is almost 10,000 strong

The Navy Yard, South Philadelphia

Here are some of the big dogs already located at, or in the process of locating to, the Navy Yard:

So as you can see, there is already an impressive list of companies doing business at this popular South Philadelphia location.

The Navy Yard is about to crack the 10,000 job mark, which will soon put them just behind Center City and University City as the 3rd largest business hub in Philadelphia. Pretty impressive for what started out as an abandoned Naval Facility.

To learn more about the Navy Yard, feel free to explore here.

South Philly wants to extend East Passyunk’s success

The recent success of East Passyunk Ave, in the Passyunk Square neighborhood, has really got people thinking on both sides of Broad St in South Philly.

If they can do it, why can’t we?

Andrew Pinkham, a resident of Philadelphia’s Bella Vista neighborhood, is leading the charge to get things done around West Passyunk Ave and Snyder Ave in Newbold. The extent of the project has been fully conceptualized, and now all they need is funding. “Before & After” shots have been included above so you can see what they’re looking to do.

Some of the project highlights include:

  • Cleaner streets
  • Greening public areas
  • Improved pedestrian safety and traffic circulation
  • Signal improvements
  • New parking strategies
  • Curb bump-outs/ramps
  • Commercial area banners

This is a large project to say the least, but it looks like Andrew is on the right path to seeing it through.

“Philly Live!” is now “Xfinity Live!”

 
Some of you may look at this as bad news now that the “Philly” name has been dropped from this project’s moniker. Personally, I look at it as positive news for the project.

Why? Because now it has the financial backing of the US’ largest cable company, Comcast. It also means that the entire project first imagined will now have a better chance of being built at some point, hotel and all.

As hard as it may be to visualize this project’s significance, just know that it’s a big deal. It creates a whole new, year-round retail environment for the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, it keeps momentum going for South Philadelphia’s neighborhoods (adding much needed commercial real estate), it will feed off of the emerging Navy Yard, and it will add another tourist attraction for Philadelphia.

My guess is that with the stalled economy, Comcast was probably pulled in to really make “Xfinity” Live! all it could be; another Philadelphia venue that markets our local brands and businesses.