Article: Setting down roots.

Byline: Joseph N. DiStefano

Oct. 9--A high-ceilinged 1870s bank building at Second Street and Girard Avenue that was a vacant warehouse for the last couple of decades is slated to reopen as Hyperion Bank next month in what organizers hope will be a landmark for the Northern Liberties revival. Among the bank's investors are developers Steve Atlass, Hyperion's chairman; and Bart Blatstein, who has been putting apartments and stores on nearby sites, including the former Schmidt's Brewery property across the avenue. They have set aside more than $2 million of the $10 million they have raised to restore the headquarters. Isn't this supposed to be the era of ...

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