
There's a triangular parcel that's created by the intersections of Germantown Avenue, Pollard Street, and Front Street/I-95 that's been seeing some serious development activity over the last year or so. We actually told you about plans for 1007-1013 Germantown Ave. a couple years back, when the property was sitting vacant,
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Breezy's Cafe held down the space at 1200 Point Breeze Ave. for a little over two years, closing down this past spring and leaving a gap in a neighborhood that's crying out for additional dining options. Over the last few months, husband and wife pair Juan and Mallory Fix Lopez have been working
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The Graduate Hospital has seen a lengthy list of churches face the wrecking ball in the last handful of years, including the Metropolitan AME church at 20th & Fitzwater, the Varick AME church at 19th & Catharine, and Mount Olive AME at 19th & Fitzwater. All of these buildings were architecturally
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A reader reached out the other day, wondering about some recently-started framing at 2319 Amber St. in East Kensington. It turns out we covered this property a little over a year ago, shortly after developers bought it and tore down the auto garage that had made its home here for
Read MoreFormer Church / Warehouse on Front Street Getting Redeveloped Soon?
12 September, 2016 | No Comments | Fishtown
We know we haven't checked in on Front Street in the last month or two, but that doesn't mean that it isn't still seeing its share of development action. Today, we look at some likely redevelopment at 1523 N. Front St., a building that we told you about two years
Read MoreSuboptimal Commercial Space For Rent at 16th & Catharine
12 September, 2016 | No Comments | Graduate Hospital
Though we could do without the stucco job and utter lack of architectural detail, we'd still contend that the southeast corner of 16th & Catharine is improved from its previous state. For many years, this property was home to a two-story building with a corner store on the first floor
Read MoreConservatorship For Blighted Building at 18th & Delancey?
12 September, 2016 | No Comments | Rittenhouse
Raise your hand if, at some point in the last decade or more, you've wandered past 325 S. 18th St. and wondered how there could possibly be a blighted and vacant building here, at one of the most desirable locations in town.<Looking around, seeing a ton of hands in the
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The spread of development in East Kensington isn't limited to large projects, we're also seeing it in the construction of one-off homes around the neighborhood. Given the number of little vacant lots sprinkled around, this isn't terribly surprising. Today, we look at two properties on Emerald Street that are in
Read MoreTwo New Homes on E. Fletcher, Next To Seemingly Vacant Building
8 September, 2016 | No Comments | Fishtown
The other day, we happened upon a wee bit of construction on the 2300 block of E. Fletcher St., between Cedar and Memphis Streets. Looking at Google Street View, we see that 2336 E. Fletcher St. was previously a green one-story garage. Developers purchased the building, tore it down, and
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The Ivy Ridge assisted living facility sat vacant and blighted at 5627 Ridge Ave. for quite some time, and we were pleased as punch to see it demolished a little over three years ago. You may recall, we told you that developers were planning a project called Kingsley Court in
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