
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
Read MoreTwo Condo Units Getting Built on Long Vacant Francisville Lot
26 August, 2013 | No Comments | Francisville
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
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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
Read MoreAll Monolith Like, Three Homes Rise on Fairmount Avenue
25 August, 2013 | No Comments | Northern Liberties
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
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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
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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
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Last summer, we told you about plans for a new restaurant at 1646-48 S. 12th St. from Chris Scarduzio of the Table 31. This building had been home to Artisan Boulanger Patissier for quite some time, and sits across the street from such neighborhood luminaries as El Zarape, Mr. Martino's Trattoria, and Cantina Los Caballitos. A year later, the croissant
Read MoreA Bodine Street Project Reaching the End of A Long Path
23 August, 2013 | No Comments | Northern Liberties
The area just north of Liberties Walk and just west of the Piazza has seen considerable development in recent years. Tower built a row of garage-front homes on the south side of the 200 block of George Street. The Stables, though only three homes to this point, will eventually multiply
Read MoreDuplex Near South Street Finally Gets in the Ground
23 August, 2013 | No Comments | Washington Square West
About a year and a half ago, we first brought you the news that a vacant lot at 528 S. 13th St. would be turned into a duplex. If neighbors read about this at that time and were bracing themselves to endure some construction noise, they had quite the wait
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A new 140-seat brick oven pizza restaurant could be on the way soon to the southwest corner at Gaul & York, across the street from the large 2424 Studios. The restaurant will take the place of a vacant red warehouse that once housed a meatpacker.
The Fishtown Neighbors Association (FNA) zoning committee
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