In Brewerytown

Yesterday, thanks to a reader tip, we found ourselves on a Brewerytown block we'd never visited before. Hollywood Street runs between 29th and Myrtlewood Streets, and the 1200 block can be accessed either from Stiles Street or Thompson Street. Almost every home on the block is of the two story

We've had our eye on 2835-37 W. Girard Ave. for many years now, and our vigilance has finally been rewarded. We first brought this property to your attention about four years ago, noting that it had been damaged in a fire a few years prior and had sat vacant and

Okay, back to Philly real estate.We last visited the somewhat rough 2700 block of W. Stiles Street a few months ago, when we told you about a proposal to demolish a seemingly vacant building on this block and replace it with a duplex. For whatever reason, when the project went

It's been about a year since we last visited the 3000 block of Cambridge Street, a block that's seen great improvement in the last few years. In 2011, when PHA decided to auction off a few hundred of their vacant properties, five homes on this block were included in the

We've been to Brewerytown a bunch of times over the years, but somehow never found our way to the 3000 block of W. Cabot Street. Perhaps that's because the block extends only about eighty feet before abruptly terminating in a dead-end. If you ever visit, you'll discover a mere six

A reader recently reached out and gave us the heads up that a new home has arrived on the northwest corner of 29th & Harper, on a property that's been vacant for many years. So we moseyed up there to take a peek. Here, check out the before and after

We try to visit Brewerytown every few weeks, just to see what's going on development-wise. But there's so many small streets in the neighborhood, sometimes we miss something. So when a reader tipped us off to multiple projects on the 1300 block of N. Marston St., we weren't too shocked

Buzzing through Brewerytown yesterday, we spied a new zoning notice on a dilapidated building on the 2700 block of Stiles Street, a block that's got more than its share of vacancy.Zoning notice on Stiles StreetThe rest of the blockWhen we stopped to snap some photos and get a closer look,

North Abbey, the renovation of the former St. Augustine's church at 27th & Girard into sixteen apartment units, wrapped up earlier this summer. We've talked up this project several times as construction progressed, exceptionally pleased to see a church converted and not demolished, for a change. The building has eight

One block in Brewerytown seems to be having all the fun. Last week, when we spied some unfortunate demolition at 29th & Thompson, we also happened upon a new foundation at the corner of 28th & Stiles. That parcel is actually the combination of two properties, 1225 and 1227 N.