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

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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

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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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We've covered several projects from Carmel Developments in some interesting locations. Most notable was the condo project on the 1000 block of Fairmount, the Fairmount Abode. Last year, they built a four-unit building in a far more standard location, on the 1200 block of Fairmount Avenue. With their newest project,

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Last night's SOSNA zoning meeting was agony. Fortunately, its organizers were smart enough to 1) start the meeting a little earlier than usual, and 2) schedule it in a location with air conditioning. Three projects were presented to the community, but 2300 South Street was clearly the main event.

Developer Jason Nusbaum,

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A reader was heading up 22nd Street the other day, and noticed three homes under construction just south of Wharton Street. They tipped us off, so we figured we'd try to get to the bottom of what's going on.

As you can see, 1303, 1305, and and 1309 S. 22nd St.

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A reader checked in a couple of weeks ago, and gave us the heads up about two new homes approaching completion across the street from the nearly finished Norris Point homes. 2135 E. Norris St. was previously part of a rather large vacant lot/green space, but has now been appropriated

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