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FISHTOWN: THE REAL ESTATE BOOM
By Kevin Maloney and Brittany Hess
| Frank Kolenkiewicz, born and raised in Fishtown, but a current Mayfair resident talks about the escalating real-estate prices. | Maxie Butler, a lifelong resident of Fishtown for over 60 years, talks about why newer residents are attracted to Fishtown. |
Click here for a link to a video regarding real estate in Fishtown.
Click here for a link to a print piece regarding real estate in Fishtown.
| Butler talks about the 10-year tax abatement that the new residents receive. | Pat Westfield, a lifelong Fishtown resident for over 60 years, talks about how Fishtown natives who would like to move back, are priced out of doing so. |
Click here for images taken throughout the community.
| Ryan Forman, a homeowner and landlor who currently has his house on Palmer Street on the market for $240,000, explains the reality of the skyrocketing real estate. | John Idler, a third-generation owner of Idler Real Estate, has served the lower-income residents of Fishtown for over 115 years. He talks about the current real estate structure and how it has basically phased out his type of services. |
Click here to learn about Johnny Brendas, one of Fishtown's newst hot spots
where the younger crowd congregates over locally brewed micro-brews.
Click here to learn about the refurbished Route 15 trolley that runs down Girard Avenue.