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PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION TO BE IN PLACE PRIOR TO START OF WORK AND TO BE MAINTAINED DURING ALL DEMOLITION ACTIVITIES. *SEPERATE STREETS DEPARTMENT PERMIT REQUIRE FOR CLOSURE OF RIGHT OF WAY. *21 DAY POSING AND NOTICE REQUIRED PER A-303.2 *A COVERED WALKWAY OR SIDEWALK CLOSURE SHALL BE REQUIRED WITHIN MIN. 6 FEET OF BUILDING FACADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3306 OF THE IBC. *THE WALL COVERING IS INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF THIS PERMIT."}],"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":0.39,"timeline":[{"y":2018,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 4 failed, 2 passed"},{"y":2019,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted with conditions"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2022,"k":"sale","p":125000},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2024,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted with conditions"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Full Demolition"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Minor Demolition"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"demo"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"elevated","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 4 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2022","permit activity in 2024, 2025"],"caveat":"This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #35387: OPEN · Granted with conditions; related permit 917168. 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CLOSED is a separate source status; none of the three alone proves the parent permit or violation case closed—or describes today’s condition.","action":"Open the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 8 historical violations across 5 cases.","why":"A closed case is materially better than an open one, but it does not by itself prove that every altered use, unit, or concealed condition matches today’s approvals.","action":"Use the closed cases to target the inspection and occupancy-file review.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"}],"closingChecks":[{"title":"Property Sales Certification","body":"The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. 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