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ALL INTERIOR PLUMBING WORK AFTER FUTURE WYE ON TRUNKLINE, TO BE DONE BY OTHERS."},{"number":"132291","date":"2008-03-24","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2009-01-28","scope":"NEW ADDITION TO CHURCH NEW LIGHTING, PANELS AND DEVICES NO FIRE ALARM WORK (CC DIST)"},{"number":"315665","date":"2010-12-22","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2010-12-22","scope":"PRELIM REVIEW FOR DAYCARE OCCUPANCY OF EXISTING 2ND FLOOR SPACE OF CHURCH AS PER PLANS. PRIOR ADDITION PERMITS 75865 &26997"},{"number":"329945","date":"2011-03-22","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2011-09-16","scope":"RENOVATIONS OF EXISTING 2ND FLOOR SPACE FOR PRESCHOOL. PARTIAL CHANGE IN USE 2ND FLOOR. TO INCLUDE SELECTIVE DEMOLITION, NEW PARTITIONS, TOILET ROOMS, REPAIR AND PROTECTION OF EXISTING WINDOWS, NEW FINISHES. PHC: NO WINDOW REPLACEMENT ON THIS PERMIT/NO CHANGES TO EXTERIOR. IEBC HISTORIC PROVISIONS APPLY. NO SIGNS THIS PERMIT."},{"number":"339039","date":"2011-05-10","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2011-09-14","scope":"PLUMBING TO NEW FIXTURES: (3) TOILETS, (3) LAV'S, (1) WATER COOLER, (6) SINKS, (2) ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS"},{"number":"342152","date":"2011-05-25","work":"Mechanical","type":"BP_MECH","description":"MECHANICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2011-09-14","scope":"INTERIOR/EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS INCLUDE INSTALLATION OF HVAC SYSTEM,GAS LINE ACCESSORY MECHANICALS ON 2ND FLOOR WITH ROOF TOP UNITS AND SUPPORTS, ACCESSORY ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS INCLUDE INSTALLATION OF ROOF TOP SKYLIGHTS, MINOR INTERIOR REVISIONS AS INDICATED ,ALL IN CONJUNCTION WITH AP329945 AND APPROVAL BY PHC."},{"number":"405661","date":"2012-06-13","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2012-09-17","scope":"MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS TO THE BROWNSTONE FACADE"},{"number":"764489","date":"2017-04-13","work":"New construction","type":"BP_NEWCNST","description":"NEW CONSTRUCTION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-07-26","scope":"SITE WORK TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SITE WALL AND FENCE AND BRICK PAVING AND REPLACE WITH STONE CURB AND PLANTING AND PERIMETER PAVING. MODIFY FENCE. REBUILD STONE STEPS TO NEW ELEVATION. INSTALL FLASHING AND WATERBARRIER AT WEST ANS SOUTH ELEVATIONS AT AREA DISTURBED. ENCLOSE/INFILL EXSTING WINDOW WELLS. ALL WORK TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH HISTORICAL COMMISSION APPROVAL. NO WORK IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY."},{"number":"833821","date":"2017-11-21","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-06-15","scope":"REPAIR AND POINT CHIMNEY 100%. MORTAR MIX TO BE 6 PARTS SAND, 2 PARTS LIME, 1 PART PORTLAND CEMENET. REPAIR STUCCO AT WINDOW HEAD AND COURTYARD. AS PER HISTORIC COMMISSION APPROVAL"}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":0,"timeline":[{"y":2010,"k":"permit","w":"Administrative"},{"y":2011,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2011,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2011,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2012,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations"},{"y":2012,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"New construction"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2022,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE"},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"554014","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"ARCH STREET PRE SCHOOL","legalName":"ARCH STREET PRE SCHOOL","address":"1724 ARCH ST","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2012-02-06","latestIssueDate":"2023-07-31","expirationDate":"2024-04-30","inactiveDate":"2024-06-29"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"554014","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"ARCH STREET PRE SCHOOL","legalName":"ARCH STREET PRE SCHOOL","issuedDate":"2012-02-06","latestIssueDate":"2023-07-31","closureDate":"2024-06-29","expirationDate":"2024-04-30","inactiveDate":"2024-06-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-24","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"elevated","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["3 open L&I violations","failed L&I inspection activity in 2022, 2024"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. 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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":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Food Preparing and Serving #554014: Inactive since Jun 29, 2024","why":"A license record proves the licensed activity existed at that time. An inactive or expired license does not establish that the business still operates—or that it may legally reopen under the same use.","action":"If business income matters, verify the current tenant, use registration, and active license in eCLIPSE.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/licenses/business-licenses/"},{"id":"abatement","level":"verify","title":"A reduced taxable assessment is not a verified abatement","finding":"OPA’s numeric assessment fields show a reduced taxable assessment; BlockReport has no official program determination for this parcel.","why":"The numeric treatment can reflect an improvement abatement or another exemption. It does not identify the ordinance, approval, start or end date, or continuation requirements after a transfer. Once OPA verifies a specific active abatement, many common programs attach the benefit to the property for the remaining term rather than ending automatically at sale, but some require a new-owner filing and continued qualifying use or tax compliance.","action":"Obtain the OPA exemption/abatement determination and history, then underwrite the buyer’s bill from the verified program terms.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/get-a-property-tax-abatement/"},{"id":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as commercial. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.","why":"Philadelphia charges qualifying small commercial, mixed-use, and multi-unit properties that use City collection; exemptions and private collection can change applicability. A use category alone does not prove a fee is due.","action":"Check the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-06-09-pay-your-trash-fee-bill-by-june-30/"}],"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. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.","action":"Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-property-sales-certification/"},{"title":"Date-effective City Property Payoff","body":"The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. 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