
Between Farragut & Market Streets in West Philly, onions and tomatoes will soon be joined by people relaxing. That's where a community park is just about finished being constructed by The Enterprise Center, where it will couple with the already existing Walnut Hill Community Farm.
According to the West Philly Local, new features include
Read MoreLarge, Long Vacant Lot in Point Breeze Could Become Apartments
23 September, 2013 | No Comments | Point Breeze
It seems that every week or two we have news about the disappearance of another vacant lot in Point Breeze. With few exceptions, most of those projects have involved single-family homes. Offhand, we can only think of the two duplexes coming to 20th & Wharton as a recent example of
Read MoreNew Home Coming to Tiny Lot in Northern Liberties
23 September, 2013 | No Comments | Northern Liberties
A couple of months ago, we told you about plans for a new home at 956 N. American St., a project that's still under construction. Today, we have news about another development coming to the block- but first a word about the block itself. The 900 block of American Street represents
Read MoreNew Apartments Rising Next to Former Tombstone Business
23 September, 2013 | No Comments | Spring Garden
On the southeast corner of 12th & Brandywine, a new building is currently under construction. You may recall, we brought this intersection to your attention many moons ago, when we talked about six new homes coming to the northeast corner. While that project is not yet in the ground, plans
Read MoreOgden Street Getting a Little Less Bleak With Another Duplex
22 September, 2013 | No Comments | Francisville
About six weeks ago, when we last visited the 1600 block of Ogden Street, Citi Properties LLC was in the process of building two duplexes here. In case you can't picture it, this block is all vacant lots on the south side of the street, and has plenty of vacancy
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When we last checked in on the corner of 2nd & Wharton, a burned out warehouse had just been demolished and earth was being moved around in preparation for the construction of eleven new homes. Over the past few months, there's been plenty of progress at the site, with about
Read MoreAddition Coming to Beat Up Garage Near Konrad Square Park
20 September, 2013 | No Comments | Fishtown
In Fishtown, a beat up seemingly and vacant garage across the street from Konrad Square Park will soon get a top bunk. In August, the FNA supported plans from developers seeking to build a single-family apartment on top of a preexisting garage at 2206 E Fletcher St. that has certainly
Read MoreNine New Townhomes Coming to Walnut Street Near Rittenhouse
20 September, 2013 | No Comments | Rittenhouse
Sorry, we're not talking about the embarrassingly vacant lot on the 1900 block. Wish we were, to be honest.
Instead, we recently heard about plans to build some new homes on the 2100 block of Walnut Street, at the corner of Van Pelt. Conservatory Group USA recently acquired the large parcel
Read MoreFive Homes Will Replace Surface Parking on Hall Street
20 September, 2013 | No Comments | Bella Vista
If you don't live in Queen Village, Bella Vista or Hawthorne, you've probably never heard of little Hall Street, which runs east-west between Montrose and Carpenter Streets. It's one of those streets that appears and then disappears willy nilly, only to reappear a few blocks later and then dead end.
Read MoreNew Apartments in South Kensington Are Progressing
20 September, 2013 | No Comments | South Kensington
Last June, we told you about plans for twenty new apartments for the corner of 2nd & Jefferson in South Kensington. At that time, the large parcel was mostly vacant land, and also contained the remains of an old lumber mill. Last summer, the lot was overgrown to the point that
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