Back in June, we told you that a demolition permit had been issued for the Engine 46 firehouse. A month later, we learned that the property owners had agreed to meet with Councilman Mark Squilla, and Pennsport neighbors. Additionally, we recently learned that neighbors are organizing in another way to preserve the

Last week, when we were coming back from a jaunt to the Northeast, we spotted a rehab project at 2119 E. Cumberland St. that we were previously unaware of. We noticed the building all the way from Frankford Ave., as its uncommon appearance drew our eyes off the road in

Last month, we shared some outstanding news for people who live near 20th & Carpenter- two long-vacant and blighted PHA properties were finally being demolished. This came a month after the properties, 1010 and 1012 S. 20th St., were posted with notices from L&I demanding the buildings be repaired or demolished.

A reader tipped us off the other day about two new buildings that they noticed on the 3800 block of Haverford Avenue. As you can imagine, our gut reaction was that a couple of new student housing units were joining the fray on the southern end of Mantua. But for

Several months ago, we told you about Mildred Court, a plan to redevelop half of a square block in Bella Vista, including a former 7-Up bottling plant on Carpenter Street. In the intervening time, the project has gone through the civic design review process, and has gotten approval from the

It's probable you've never heard of Swain Street. For the uninitiated, Swain is an east-west street that runs between Brown Street and Fairmount Avenue. It starts in Francisville at 15th Street and disappears at 17th Street, only to resume for a couple of blocks in the Fairmount neighborhood. There are

In Fishtown, a former print shop next to I-95 that's been vacant for a few years is slated to be transformed into 15 new residences, provided the ZBA approves. In a second community meeting last month, the Fishtown Neighbors Association (FNA) supported plans to demolish the old shop and replace it with

Last fall, we told you about plans for three new homes at 444-48 Fairmount Ave., currently a vacant lot. The interesting twist to this development is that the homes face an inner parking aisle rather than fronting the street. Not that we never see this sort of thing when builders find

When we last checked in on Lawrence Rust's big and bold project for 10th & Mount Vernon, three new homes were under construction after the Spring Arts Point project was dormant for a couple of years. Passing by the other day, we noticed that those three homes are finished and

Back in May, we told you that we were hearing rumors about the construction of a large, mixed-use development on the northwest corner of 16th & Washington. Details at the time were fuzzy, but we were optimistic that this development was indeed going to happen. Earlier this week at the