In March, we speculated about a proposed ten-home development at 1235 Crease St., in Fishtown. Developers were, at the time, planning to build ten units, with five homes fronting Crease Street, and five additional homes fronting an interior courtyard of sorts. According to the very active comments section for that
Read MoreA reader checked in, wondering about some workers going in and out of 731 N 20th St., in Francisville. We did a little investigating, and were a little surprised about what we found.
This home is located on an unusual block. Five homes on this street are owned by PHA, all
Read MoreBlight of the Week: 2417 Brown Street
6 June, 2012 | No Comments |A reader reached out to us on Twitter about 2417 Brown St., a blighted property near their house. Located just down the street from the still-being-built Fairmount Court 2.0, this property hasn't interfered with the efforts to sell these new homes, but as its condition declines, it could become a
Read MoreNot only does the Franklin Institute have a walk-through replica of the human heart and a sculpture of Ben Franklin the size of a dinosaur, but it also has a colorful history that predates its instatement at 20th and Race Sts. by more than a century.
Indeed, the Institute predates the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Read MoreA piece of literary history is for sale. Again.
"You could smell the odor of urine, s**t and vomit of a half century as it came up through the floor into the bar from the restrooms below,” wrote Charles Bukowski, one of America’s most famous poets, about a corner bar at 17th and
Read MoreBack in November, we told you about the upcoming construction of a three story building with a commercial space on the first floor and two apartments above. In the past six months, little has happened at this corner, but a reader tipped us off that construction finally got started at
Read MoreA reader checked in last week with some info about a property on one of the more rehabbed blocks in Point Breeze that may soon be in for a similar fate. 1740 Annin St. was purchased for $80K back in 2005, and has been listed at $60K as a short
Read MoreAs if Northern Liberties doesn't have enough high-end housing developments going up right now (we're looking at you, Stable Flats, houses at 2nd & Green, Orkney Street homes, etc etc etc), we've learned about yet another project, tabbed the Green-Nine Townhomes. Located at 613-25 N 3rd St., these nine new
Read MoreIn recent weeks, we've covered efforts by developers who are taking a new interest in projects on the fringes of University City. 2.0 University Place is a large commercial building just north of 43rd & Market. Close by, a new HQ for the Social Security Administration is under construction. And
Read MoreOn Thursday, a reader gave us the heads up about a mural either being repaired or removed at 1419-23 Christian St., a vacant lot owned by the nearby Ebenezer Seventh Day Adventist Church. With no homes on the eastern side of this lot, this mural was clearly seen by everyone
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