Three New Homes Have Appeared, Across From Konrad Square Park
11 December, 2017 | No Comments | Fishtown
Fishtown's Konrad Square Park is a wonderful oasis of green space, just a block off of Frankford Avenue, with nearly an acre of trees and grass. The park is named for a firefighter, Joseph Konrad, who unfortunately lost his life in a fire on Tulip Street back in 1984. This
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In order to produce our non-stop stream of content, we're constantly romping all over town, snapping photos of various projects and development sites. As such, we have numerous lunch spots that we favor in various neighborhoods, and sometimes we try to arrange our photography sessions around whatever cuisine we're thinking about
Read MoreGeotech Work A Sign of Things to Come at Front & Fairmount?
8 December, 2017 | No Comments | Northern Liberties
There's a building on the east side of the 600 block of N. Front St. that's sitting, looking rather lonely, in the middle of a sea of surface parking. We've called your attention to this structure a couple times over the years, first noting that it was listed for sale
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We don't typically have much development to cover south of Snyder Avenue, but today we can share some news of a project of some significance for the Whitman neighborhood. Every few months, usually appended to a trip to Target, we've visited the 400 and 500 blocks of Cantrell Street, hoping
Read MoreVFW Post on Frankford Ave. Shifting Gears, Going Condo
7 December, 2017 | No Comments | East Kensington
2529 Frankford Ave. was home to the VFW Post 22 since at least the 1950s, offering a gathering place for veterans in Fishtown. We don't really understand how these sorts of establishments work, but we do know that the VFW sold their building the developers back in 2015, seemingly ceasing
Read MoreFive New Homes on Amber An Improvement Over Auto Garage
6 December, 2017 | No Comments | East Kensington
We couldn't tell you whether the auto garage at 2319 Amber St. was wonderful, terrible, or somewhere in the middle. We do know though, that this business made perfect sense at this location for a long time. The surrounding blocks were a sea of older homes and vacant lots, with
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Halloween might have come and gone over a month ago, but we're going to scare you this morning with a spooooky zombie project. Yes folks, it seems that the project at the northeast corner of 18th & Washington, which we first covered over six years ago, is back from the
Read More63 Units Planned at 19th & Callowhill and We Are Confused
5 December, 2017 | No Comments | Logan Square
A couple years back, Pearl Properties built the Granary Apartments on the northwest corner of 19th & Callowhill, adding over 200 units and a collection of new retailers to the area. That building sold a couple years ago for a hundred twenty million bucks. Nice project, if we do say so.
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We were perusing the ZBA calendar the other day and discovered that 4108 Haverford Ave. is tabbed for redevelopment. This property looks like it was originally built for industrial purposes and probably got some use as a warehouse at some point early in its life. Most recently though, the building
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We nearly started a riot a few months ago when we passed along the rumor that the buildings on the north side of the 400 block of Bainbridge would be torn down and replaced with Trader Joe's. Alas, the owner of the property reached out shortly afterward and shared the
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