Ridge Avenue is moving in the right direction, albeit slowly. Project HOME redeveloped a gigantic vacant lot near Broad Street into a mixed-use building, JBJ Soul Homes. On the 1300 block, a long-blighted building has finally been rehabbed. And a mixed-use project is planned (though not yet under construction) on

Near five years ago, this writer said to a friend 'we should buy this building,' at the corner of Norris & Sepviva, a block off Frankford Ave., 'and make some money.' But we didn't have any money. Someone else did. Two years ago, we told you that this building at 2200-04

On Green Street in the Spring Garden neighborhood, it's a common sight to see former mansions converted into apartment buildings. In recent years, a couple of former churches have also gone through this transformation. To this point, though, we don't believe it's happened to any former convents. But that's exactly

In March, we told you about 733 S. 3rd St., a fixer-upper if there ever was one. The building, laid out as a duplex, had wonderful bones, but was missing a couple of crucial details. Like, you know, windows.A few months backAs that time, the building had just been purchased

Two summers ago, we told you about an 11-home 5-garage project slated for a large vacant parcel just under the wrist of I-95 where Berks and Hewson Streets meet Wildey Street. There were also approved plans for two homes at Berks & Wildey from the same developers.Old renderingOld site planWhether it was

A couple of weeks ago, we noted that some new foundations had appeared at 22nd & Federal in Point Breeze. Today, we look a block to the west, where there's all kinds of stuff happening on the 2300 block of Federal Street. First we look to the northwest corner, where

The timeline of the Spring Arts Point development reflects the vision of a developer that has taken the long view. The first phase of homes in this development went up over seven years ago, and foundations were poured for another series of homes. Then the economy crashed, which led to

Back in April, we told you that a fire had severely damaged the former Suit Corner building at 3rd & Market, and guessed that it would have to be demolished as a result. It was a real shame, especially considering that the iconic Shirt Corner building this was demolished earlier

Back in late 2012, Stephen Starr said something about eventual plans for a "rock and roll" boutique hotel in Fishtown. We, along with Foobooz, speculated that the hotel could appear at 1224 Frankford Ave., the former Arctic Storage building which happens to be adjacent to Starr spots Frankford Hall and

Last spring we told you about plans from Loonstyn Properties for four new triplexes at the northwest corner of 19th & Brown across the street from a large vacant triangular parcel and only a block away from the major developments that occurred the past two years near 19th & Poplar,