About a year and a half ago, we looked at two large vacant buildings on Frankford Avenue across the street from Barcade, and wondered when they might be redeveloped. After passing by the other day, we have good news indeed for one of them.For years, 1039-55 Frankford Ave. was a work in

At the beginning of Germantown Avenue, near the I-95 overpass in Northern Liberties, the owner of 1007 Germantown Ave., who has also owned the adjacent parcels for several years, plans to knock down a two-story home and build anew on the rest of his vacant lots.The parcelPaul Stokely, a long-time

In Point Breeze, many long-vacant lots have been turned into community gardens over the years, replacing blight with plantings and greenery. Some of these gardens are carefully maintained once they're established, while others become overgrown after a time. Still others disappear when the vacant lots are redeveloped. At the corner

Considering how much new retail is coming and the increased value of the properties on and near Baltimore Avenue in Clark Park and Cedar Park, it’s surprising that we haven't yet written about the vacant lot at 4829 Baltimore Ave., across the street from Mariposa Co-op.The lotYou may recall, the

It was over a year ago that we first told you about plans for twenty new homes at 826-34 N. 3rd St., a large lot that stretches all the way to Orianna Street. Back then, the developers were still negotiating the finer points of the project with NLNA but aside from

Redevelopment in South Kensington has been all over our board as of late the way Francisville was a year ago. So that has us thinking about this worn two-story building at 1300 N. 4th St. on the northwest corner at 4th & Thompson.Time to be redevelopedThe building features a rusted

A reader tipped us off the other day that a new structure has risen on little Bank Street, which sits between Chestnut and Market, 2nd and 3rd Streets. For about a decade, 1 Bank St. was home to the Five Spot, a club that also hosted burlesque shows. We frequented

Over the summer, we told you about two projects in Pennsport that you might miss even if you live in the neighborhood. Taking place on Howard Street, Hancock Street, and teensy Earp Street, it's quite easy to miss even though both projects are now under construction. But like Sauron, our

On Fairmount Avenue near 18th Street, we’re wondering if this charming and homey almost Swiss chalet color themed ground-floor corner retail spot at 1811 Fairmount Ave. might attract the eyes of an aspiring entrepreneur in light of the widespread development along neighboring blocks up and down Fairmount Avenue the past

For years, 17th Street between Carpenter and Washington was simply awful. Blighted buildings dotted the landscape until the City mercifully tore down almost every structure on the block. After that, both sides of the street sat almost totally vacant for quite awhile, waiting patiently for the inexorable flow of development