In Fishtown

The IceHouse, a condo project at 1247 E Columbia Ave. in Fishtown, has seen one phase completed in the five years it's been in the works. The project is on the site of the since demolished Dooley’s Icehouse and a renovated former auto garage, and stands as one of the

Last year, we told you about "The Nine," a nine home development of new construction residences on the 1700 block of Tulip Street. At the time, we mentioned a dilapidated, abandoned, overgrown factory building directly across the street from The Nine, at 1701 Tulip St. In fact, some of the

If you're any kind of regular reader of this here blog, you're keenly aware of the amount of residential new construction activity going on in Fishtown and the surrounding neighborhoods. Often, we find ourselves covering larger scale, sexier projects, like Norris Square at Norris & Trenton, or five units replacing

A reader gave us the heads up about an ongoing renovation at 2345 E Cumberland St., a huge house just a few doors down from the excellent Memphis Taproom.

Developer BMK Properties purchased this property in January from the City of Philadelphia, through the Public Property Listings we've told you about

We got a hot tip from a reader that some elaborate masonry work was being done on a building on the 2700 block of Frankford Ave., just below Somerset Street. Literally on the other side of the tracks from Fishtown, this building, we believe, was once housed a telephone exchange,

2111 E Susquehanna Ave., a soap works in a former life, has been on the market for a couple of years now, and it appears to finally have a buyer. Last listed for $549K, it went under contract earlier this year, and the probable buyers have applied for variances with the

Yesterday, we told you about two homes under construction on the 500 block of E Hewson St., across the street from a ball field. At the time, we mentioned a much larger development just around the corner but didn't get too specific. Today, we have some photos, renderings, and assorted

Anyone who's spent time walking or driving around the Fishtown or East Kensington areas is well aware of their differences from the straightforward Center City grid. Tiny, hidden streets abound, and the numbering of the houses in the neighborhood could confound even the most experienced city planner. Streets don't travel

A couple of months back, we gave you the heads up about a halted construction project at 2030-32 E Dauphin St., in East Kensington. According to one of our commenters, it's a ten-unit building with ground floor parking. And it stretches all the way to Fletcher St.!

Turns out, this partially

Today, developers are presenting plans to the ZBA for 1235-47 Crease St., in Fishtown. Located about a block away from Frankford Ave. and a block away from Girard Ave., this seems like an pretty intuitive location for some new residential development. These homes will replace an unattractive one story red