Naked Philly Blog Posts Archive - Page 6 of 635 - OCF Realty

Jul 09

Parking Lot Finally Set to Disappear at 23rd & Cherry

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Jul, 09, 2020 | No Comments | Logan Square

The Logan Square neighborhood has been a desirable part of town for decades, meaning most of the buildable lots were developed long ago. As a result, it's news any time there's a project of any size in this neighborhood, as they don't come around very often. Of course, the bigger the project, the bigger the news. Incidentally, it seems that most of the projects that happen in this neighborhood are on the larger side, but it's nevertheless quite a sight [...]
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Jul 08

Now Under Construction: Riverside Row, With I-95 Views

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Jul, 08, 2020 | No Comments | Fishtown

A reader reached out the other day, giving us the heads up that construction is finally moving forward at 1019 E. Columbia Ave., a mere five years after we first looked at the property. Back then, developers had purchased this large parcel at the intersection of Columbia Ave. and Salmon St., and had plans to demolish the industrial building on the site and replace it with nine homes and three duplexes. But the community was unimpressed [...]
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Jul 07

Party is Over For Front Street Party Store’s Old Location

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Jul, 07, 2020 | No Comments | East Kensington

Often, when we visit a part of town with an agenda to write about a specific project, we'll meander around the general area looking for other ongoing projects that we might not have known about. Given the number of projects that have taken place on Front Street north of Girard over the last several years, this stretch has regularly proven fruitful to "cold call" and stumble onto something new and unexpected. And that's exactly what [...]
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Jul 06

An Expected Change of Plans at 1525 N. American Street

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Jul, 06, 2020 | No Comments | South Kensington

It was about a year and a half ago that we last eyed 1525 N. American St., a property with industrial history and a mostly residential present and future. Given its American Street address, it should come as no surprise that the property was previously home to a variety of businesses that made stuff, including a knitting mill, a company that seemingly made metal beds, and a candy manufacturer. Over the last couple decades though, the [...]
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Jul 02

Look Out For Phase Two of Otto (Von) Brewerytown

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Jul, 02, 2020 | No Comments | Brewerytown

We last checked in on the northeast corner of 31st & Jefferson a little less than two years ago, as construction was just getting underway for a project called Otto Brewerytown. You can probably guess if you don't remember that 1501 N. 31st St. was previously an industrial building, and you can certainly be forgiven if you never knew it was most recently used by a company specializing in the sale of suspension parts for cars [...]
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Jun 30

Apartment Building Out of the Ground at 24th & Wharton

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Jun, 30, 2020 | No Comments | Point Breeze

It was just a few short years ago that the southwest corner of 24th & Wharton looked terrible. The collection of buildings there had some terrific history, having been home to a doctor’s office, a rooming house/apartment building, a beer distributor, a restaurant called Reno’s Café, a community center, and an education non-profit over the years. But time had been cruel to these buildings and we can't imagine anybody was sad when a developer bought them [...]
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Jun 29

Phase Two of the Overlook is Coming Soon to Ridge Avenue

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Jun, 29, 2020 | No Comments | Manayunk

If you want to live in Philadelphia but downtown's not your thing, the northwestern neighborhoods have long been an interesting and often lower cost alternative. The nice thing about East Falls, Manayunk, Roxborough, etc., is that they're close to I-76 so you can easily drive to work in the burbs- but they also sit on regional rail lines, so it's really easy to get to Center City without worrying about parking. Throw in the commercial corridors [...]
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Jun 26

2100 Hamilton Emerges From City Branch Trench

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Jun, 26, 2020 | No Comments | Logan Square

Logan Square is one of the most attractive neighborhoods in greater Center City for a host of reasons. It's easily walkable to Center City. The Ben Franklin Parkway is no Champs-Élysées, but it's still one of the most scenic routes in town and an epicenter for citywide events. And if you like culture, there are a bunch of museums to scratch that itch (once museums are a thing again). For these reasons and more, this neighborhood is [...]
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Jun 25

Just Dropped: Fresh Renderings of 2222 Market Street

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Jun, 25, 2020 | No Comments | Rittenhouse

Try to think back just a few months, to the beginning of this year, when we shared the fabulous news that 2222 Market St. would soon get redeveloped from a surface parking lot into a 19-story office building. That was five months ago, but in 2020 time that feels like it was roughly 75 years ago. Since it feels like it's been so long, please allow us to provide a refresher: Parkway has operated a parking lot [...]
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Jun 24

Newly Populated Section of Brewerytown Picking Up More Neighbors

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Jun, 24, 2020 | No Comments | Brewerytown

Just about every block in Brewerytown provides an example of the changes that the neighborhood has undergone over the last several years, with projects large and small dotting the landscape. If you're looking for the densest concentration of new units, however, you need look no further than the northwest corner of the neighborhood, where multiple apartment buildings have appeared. The largest project, perhaps in the whole neighborhood, is the Hub project, which includes roughly 200 units over [...]
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