Cornering a Market and a Neighborhood
In an old South Wayne neighborhood, some houses are new again.
Media home builder Greg Lingo is leaving his mark in his South Wayne neighborhood. The President and CEO of Cornell Homes and Cornell Custom Homes and Renovations, based on State Street in Media, moved to Wayne with his wife and three daughters from Unionville, Chester County in 2009. He has completely renovated the 1889 house they moved into, and has gone on to build and renovate other homes in the area of Runnymede and Lansdowne avenues. “It’s a privilege to live here,” The Upper Darby native said of Wayne. After he renovated his house in an Arts and Crafts style on Lansdowne Avenue in 2008-09, he noticed what was essentially an abandoned house across the street on Runnymede Ave., only blocks from the business district. He said he saw “…
