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Approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Mantua Urban Renewal Area, identified by house numbers and street addresses as 805 North Fortieth street, 809 North Fortieth street, 815 North Fortieth street and 817 North Fortieth street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, Inc. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.
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WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (hereinafter "Redevelopment Authority") has prepared and submitted an urban renewal plan and a redevelopment proposal for the redevelopment of the Mantua Urban Renewal Area (hereinafter "Mantua"), which said plan and proposal were approved by Ordinance of the Council on December 15, 1969, as amended; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a redevelopment contract for a portion of Mantua, identified by house numbers and street addresses as 805 North Fortieth street, 809 North Fortieth street, 815 North Fortieth street, and 817 North Fortieth street; (collectively, the "Properties"). The areas of the Properties are bounded as follows:
805 North Fortieth street. All that certain lot or piece of ground with the buildings and appurtenances thereto, if any, situate on the easterly side of Fortieth street at the distance of thirty-six feet ten inches northwardly from the northerly side of Brown street in the Twenty-fourth Ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on the said Fortieth street sixteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth eastwardly between parallel lines at right angles to the said Fortieth street seventy-nine feet to a certain two feet eight inches wide alley leading northwardly into Reno street and southwardly into Brown street and which communicates with a certain other three feet eight inches wide al...
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