In Fishtown

Back in June, we gave you the lowdown on two homes being built by G-8 Life in New Kensington, at 2200 Amber St. and 2400 Amber St. The homes, built with sustainable materials and in an ultra-green fashion, will have an appearance unlike any other houses in the city, let alone

1700-04 Frankford Ave., a double-wide two-story commercial building across the street from the post office, is in the midst of a transformation. As recently as a couple of years ago, it looked pretty awful.

See Properties LLC purchased the buildings along with the vacant lot in the rear for $245K about

Over the weekend, we spotted three homes under construction at 2022-26 E Susquehanna Ave., perhaps a couple hundred yards from the El tracks over Front St. Even though the three are clearly being developed by one individual, it's not entirely obvious who is developing these formerly vacant lots, as all three

Over the summer, we told you all about The Nine, a development of new construction homes on the 1700 block of Tulip St. At the time, only six of The Nine homes were built. In the past month, construction has gotten underway on the final three homes, it looks like the

A reader asked us about the large, vacant commercial space at 1306 Frankford Ave., where a liquor license application went up in the window a couple of weeks ago. A former welding shop, this large warehouse-like space was redone last year, creating a modern building with industrial touches that's far more

On Twitter, @harrisonfinberg asked us whether we had any information about the Zoning Notice he spotted at 1939-47 N Front St., which announced the application for a take-out restaurant with seating. And we didn't, until today. We were over there and noticed some fellas working in the large parking lot in

We were in the neighborhood and spotted four homes under construction a small street between Frankford Ave. and Front St., at 1732-38 Blair St.

Developer James Mayberry is building one two-bedroom home and three three-bedroom homes, all of which will have two bathrooms. What we're a little unclear about is why the

A large, projecting plywood fence has been taking up space in front of 2164 E York St. for quite awhile now, but it wasn't until the other day that we realized the dramatic transformation that has taken place. Looking at Google Maps Street View and peering through the trees, we can see

We were in Fishtown the other day researching a stillborn neighborhood casino, and spotted some construction going on a few doors down from the New Kensington CDC office.

Yup, it's the friendliest construction site in Philadelphia, at 2519 Frankford Ave.! The building, which we believe once contained a window glass store,

A couple of readers have emailed us about 1802 Frankford Ave., a recently constructed property that just got some new signage out front. Yes, the signs on the window advertise "Jackpot Internet Cafe," and "Cash Prizes." And yes, that's a letter from L&I tucked into the door.

According to Fishtown.us, numerous people