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June 26, 2009

Philly developer has turned a no man's land into The Piazza

By JOANN LOVIGLIO
Associated Press Writer

PHILADELPHIA — A wide-angle photo of the Piazza Navona in Rome is Bart Blatstein's computer screen saver. And now the developer can gaze out his ground-floor office window and see his modern-day replica.

Nine years and $100 million after he bought acres of abandoned industrial land a sheriff's auction, The Piazza at Schmidt's opened last month to crowds of 20- and 30-somethings coming to eat, shop or hang out in the open courtyard.


 
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