In East Kensington

One of the corners of Coral & Fletcher has seriously seen its share of changes over the last few years. Turning back the clock to 2011, there was a single home and six vacant lots here. The home and two of the lots were privately owned and the four at

The lower sections of East Kensington have seen remarkable development activity in the last few years, and now the megalots on the other side of Emerald Street are starting to get in on the act. A couple of months ago, we told you about Boston Court, an eight home project

Maybe a week ago, on our way to get some pho from Thang Long on Kensington Avenue, we spied some new construction on the 1900 block of E. Cumberland Street, about a block away. For quite some time, 1908 and 1910 E. Cumberland St. have been vacant. But developers from

As East Kensington continues to see development on through streets like Amber and Coral, the side streets are also getting in on the act. We were meandering around the neighborhood last week and noticed some action on E. Letterly Street between Amber and Coral. A new home at 2084 E.

Despite all the growth that Frankford Avenue has seen in recent years, many vacancies still remain. If we may generalize- the farther you get from Girard and the closer you get to Lehigh, the more vacant lots and retail spaces you'll see. But there are positive signs for the further

We actually meant to bring 2011 Amber St. to your attention last month, but we forgot about it. And in the meantime, some stuff happened at the ZBA, so maybe it's for the best that we waited.2011 Amber St.For most of this year, there's been a plan circulating around to

A recent reader tip brought us back to E. Sergeant Street, reminding us that we have no idea how to spell this street name/military rank. When we last visited the 2100 block, which runs into Trenton Avenue, we told you about three new homes on the block which curiously featured

We'd like to think we've set foot on most blocks in Center City and beyond, but recently we found ourselves on a block we'd never visited in East Kensington. As we were making our way down the 2500 block of Collins Street, we noticed some construction activity on the 2100

We were cheered over the summer when we saw construction moving forward at Hagert & Emerald, optimistic that East Kensington development was starting to crawl more aggressively toward Emerald Street. Then we remembered that this project was actually a not very tall, not very dense senior housing development and our

A building on Front Street that stretches to Amber Street is now in the process of getting renovated into eighteen apartments, as we told you last week. What we didn't mention at the time is that another project is coming soon right next door. Earlier this year, foundations were poured at