In East Kensington

Cramming in as much relaxation as possible over the holiday weekend, we found ourselves strolling up Frankford Avenue, taking in the sights and enjoying more coffee than a person should reasonably consume. We eventually found ourselves on the 2500 block, which begins with OG Pizza at the corner of Cumberland.

In a perfect world, a building permit leads immediately to the construction of a cool new infill project, but that's not always how it goes. Sometimes a property needs to change hands once or twice before an owner is capable (and willing) to get shovels in the ground. It seems

The 2000 block of Abigail Street runs between Coral and Amber Streets, sitting in the shadow of the former Harbison Dairy building. While East Kensington has experienced a tremendous growth trajectory over the last decade plus, there are few blocks where the changes are more apparent than the 2000 block

Back in Philadelphia's early manufacturing heyday, numerous blocks in Kensington were developed with a hodgepodge of factories, warehouses, civic buildings, and housing all packed together. For instance: while today the 1900 block of E. Sergeant Street is mostly rowhomes and the Henry A. Brown Elementary School, the block once housed

It was less than a year ago that we told you about plans for a new 19 unit mixed-use building at the site of the former Kensington Community Food Co-op. But earlier this week, we discovered a permit for a revised version of this project. Named 'The Lehigh Building," the

An adaptive reuse project in East Kensington is moving forward, and it's made pretty good progress since our last visit. You may recall, we covered 1838-42 E. Huntingdon St. last November, when developers were undertaking some interior demolition in a circa-1950s industrial building that was originally constructed for a glass

While Philly is known for its quaint, historically paved streets in areas like Germantown and Society Hill, Trenton Ave. in East Kensington is one of the widest examples of a granite block street we can think of. Formerly home to a rail line that took the goods produced in this

It was just last week that we found ourselves at the intersection of Frankford Ave., Lehigh Ave., and Coral St. at the tippy top of East Kensington. As we were checking on the Coral House rising on what was once a surface parking lot, we mentioned the shuttered Kensington Community

The intersection of Frankford & Lehigh Ave. has been a frequent stop on our development travels over the years. With Kensington Courts and the Penn Reading now complete on the east side of Frankford Ave., we turn our gaze towards the western side of the busy road. When looking down

When checking out the friendly facade of a future project along the 1900 block of E. Huntingdon St., we strolled further NW along the 1800 block, in the direction of the El. Much like this recent proposal, there are actually two former industrial buildings that have their eyes set on