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the beauty that is chester county
This is Chester County, Pennsylvania. These are million dollar views that shouldn’t turn into million dollar developments. But that is what is happening. It is NOT happening in this photo, but the...
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love of the land
Last night I went back to the Main Line for a fundraiser for a friend. As much as I love the area I spent a lot of my growing up years in, I discovered last night I truly no longer miss it. I miss some...
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file under chester county’s dirty little secrets
File under Chester County’s dirty little secrets: mobile home parks and Toll Brothers developments. Different price points, same feel.
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this is progress?
Once again I turn to why we need to stand up for the land. We do not need so much development. We have a lot to consider and once open space is gone, it is gone for good. Moderation is the word that...
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nothing says “forest” like cutting down the trees…
So if you drive around Malvern and are familiar with Forest Lane, parts of it are indeed quite wooded and lovely. It seems like the road runs between East Goshen and Willistown Townships....
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forgotten farmhouse
Yesterday we stopped at the Smithfield Barn for a little treasure hunting and then wound our way back through Chester Springs to do other stuff. We decided to take some twisty windy country roads for...
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media picks up on smithfield barn
Yep. The media is onto the Smithfield Barn story. Upper Uwchlan may wish to stop playing possum on this one, huh? They wait how many years before suddenly deciding to make a move on the Smithfield Barn...
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MORE media is covering barn-gate in upper uwchlan! save picking in rural...
I have been horribly sick all week so I completely missed the fact that The Daily Local has also picked up on The Smithfield Barn! I am thrilled. The article is fair and unfortunately (once again)...
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cautious optimism? or fear of the future?
Ever since I came to Chester County I have loved this house alone in its own meadow and field on Ship Road in Exton. So I decided to put a photo I took recently up on the Chester County Ramblings...
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development…..
Intersection of Chester Springs Rd. and Eagle Farms Rd. (I have a picture of a barn there somewhere.) Apparently this is another fine Toll Brothers project? People say that barn will soon be history,...
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foxcatcher farm now
The ugliness of it is astounding. It’s like looking at overpriced tyvek wrapped tenanment housing. This is the former Foxcatcher Farm today. There are all these houses crammed together and on the...
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foxcatcher farm 2015
A cautionary tale of when a municipality becomes a developer’s whore.
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the case for open space
See this photo above? The one I am opening this post with? Gorgeous view and vista, right? That is what conserved and protected open space looks like. That is part of the 571 gloriously preserved...
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this is development reality, chester county
Sometimes you can’t just look up, you have to look down from up. These are aerial shots taken this August in Chester County. Sorry to say they were taken over West Vincent Township, but they were....
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ask not for whom the bell “tolls” west vincent….
So, what a difference a couple of years makes, right? A friend sent me this photo the other day. Toll Brothers at their finest. Guess this is the next phase of Byers station or whatever, right?...
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will bryn coed become chester county’s next chesterbrook?
Overnight a brave lady posted on the blog’s FB page. A resident of West Vincent who lives on Bryn Coed property. Bryn Coed was recently mentioned in a development post I had put up, because if...
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development food for thought
August 13, 2008. O’Neill’s apartment buildings Riverwalk at Millennium go up in flames. It burned hard and fast and was awful. A lot of the articles surrounding this have magically disappeared off...
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is it possible to STOP toll brothers from destroying crebilly farm in...
Crebilly Farm, June 2014 (my photo) I know people get tired of hearing me talk about development and the OVER-development of Chester County. So if you don’t want to hear how I feel, turn away now. ASB...
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the fairy tales of development
Is this the future you want for Chester County? Business— PhillyDeals With cash on hand and apartments going up, town gets top AAA credit rating Updated: AUGUST 9, 2016 — 4:34 PM EDT by Joseph N....
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