by KYW’s Mike DeNardo
Construction is underway on a new housing development in a long-neglected section of North Philadelphia.
Dignitaries gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, but actually, demolition had been going on for two weeks already at Lawrence Court, a development of 50 new three-bedroom houses on the site of a former factory on Lawrence Street south of Ontario Street.
This is a section of North Philadelphia that has not seen much development, says Bill Salas, president of the Hispanic Association of Contractors and Enterprises:
"This is the first new homeownership construction project in this community, the St. Hugh neighborhood, in 60 years."
Salas says the units will sell for around $90,000. He says construction should be finished by next November.
(Photo by KYW’s Mike DeNardo)
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