Over the weekend, while making our rounds through town looking for stories, we spied some new homes under construction near the corner of Sepviva & E. Firth. We had never been to this block before, and Google Maps was rather useful in helping us understand what had been here previously.

In the past, from Google Maps

As you can see, this was a basketball court and ostensibly a play space for area kids. If anybody reading this lives nearby, can you help us understand whether this was a well-used public space that's now sorely missed or a poorly-maintained and rarely used space as it appears in the picture above? However it was utilized in the past, it was offered for sale by PIDC a couple of years ago as surplus City property, and sold to a developer. Now, Sepviva Holdings LLC is building six homes on this parcel.

Three now being built

Three more coming

Elevation drawing of the project

As you can see, three homes are currently under construction here. Two more will go up on Sepviva Street, with the last home planned for E. Firth Street. According to a sign on the site that's affixed to what's left of the original fence, the homes start at $315K. The listings (which have a price of $335K fwiw), advertise homes with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, and 1,800 sqft of living space. Located just a stone's thrown from Frankford Avenue, we suspect these homes will get snatched up pretty quickly. Because that's just what happens around here.

Still, we're really interested to know whether folks who already live in the area are happy to see this project go up or upset that an amenity has been lost. Thoughts?