In East Kensington

We have another Front Street project to bring to your attention, just up the block from the unexpected outdoor seating area associated with Five Sisters Ice Cream Parlor. We actually snapped a photo of 2017 N. Front St. a couple weeks ago, but when we realized that the property extended

Recently, a couple of readers have reached out, asking about some demolition on Susquehanna Ave. between Amber and Coral Streets. We last visited this block a couple years ago, when plans came out for three new homes, replacing some older structures and a vacant lot. Those homes are now, as

The El is great if you're trying to get from place to place. It's not so great if you have to live or work underneath it. That's at least part of an explanation for why Front Street under the El has traditionally been somewhere between kinda crappy and totally awful.

Amber Street in East Kensington is getting more development, we just aren't sure exactly what form it will take. Last week, a reader gave us the heads up that a one-story building at 2319 Amber St. had been demolished. The building was previously home to a car mechanic shop, so

Over the years, we've seen several projects from BMK Homes in the Fishtown, South Kensington, and East Kensington neighborhoods. Historically, at least as far as we can recall, BMK has done smaller projects. But of late they've ramped up their efforts, building more units at once. The Residence at York may be

We were cruising through East Kensington today and came upon a significant construction site where Hagert Street meets Emerald Street, in a sea of huge vacant lots. We quickly realized that we've actually covered this project before, though it was over two years ago.Construction siteAt that time, the plans for

Generally when we cover development in East Kensington, it's on Coral Street or Amber Street, or perhaps on some of the upper blocks of Frankford Avenue. Today though, we look at the easy-to-miss 2600 block of Martha Street, a block which has seen significant changes in the last few years.

It's always fun and interesting for us to check out projects that we cover during construction, seeing how things turn out in the end. Sometimes renderings are spot on and other times, the project turns out a little different than what we expected. When we passed 2147-51 E. Sergeant St. last week,

Coral Street continues to do its thing in East Kensington. Last week, we passed by a construction site at 2400 Coral St., a property we had actually noticed a couple of times previously but never deigned to cover. Our attention was again drawn to the building as the work has

A couple months back, we visitied the 2200 block of Coral Street, noting the appearance of a new home at 2231 Coral St. and foundations for two more next door. The homes, collectively from developers Luval Inc., were of particular interest because of their slenderness. The typical Philly row home