In East Kensington

At Front & Jasper in East Kensington, residents have long stared at the vacant former Bromley carpet mill, hoping for redevelopment and praying that it wouldn't catch fire. Though the surrounding neighborhood has improved dramatically in recent years, the building has remained a significant source of blight next to the

In East Kensington these days, it seems like Coral Street is the new Amber Street. Last week, we told you about seven 12-wide homes coming to the 2200 block, to be built by two different developers. Then we caught you up on two more homes under construction where E. Huntingdon

Just a block off of Lehigh Avenue, around the corner from where the Kensington Community Food Co-op will be opening sometime soon, we recently spotted two new construction houses at the intersection of E. Huntingdon & Coral. This parcel has been vacant for many years, but recently turned over for

In general, residential developers in Philadelphia prefer a lot that's at least sixteen feet wide. Fifteen-wide lots are considered acceptable, and fourteen-wide lots are usually as tight as you're gonna see. Last year, we came upon a troika of twelve-wide homes on Hagert Street from the Brickstone Group that sold relatively

2008 wasn't so long ago. But in parts of East Kensington, it seems like it's been a lifetime. Take, for a small example (and there are so many others), a small stretch of E. Susquehanna Avenue just past Trenton Avenue. Back in 2008, it was a vast wasteland.Back in 2008Slowly,

We were traveling on Frankford Avenue the other day and spotted a Liquor License Application that we hadn't noticed before. But for some reason, 2519 Frankford Ave. felt familiar to us. And then it hit us. We wrote about this building before! Years ago!Back in 2011Back then, the friendly looking

Last week, we told you the good news that the Kensington Community Food Co-op was finally getting a bricks and mortar location after six years of planning. With a membership number approaching 400, the time had come to finally establish their cooperative grocery store in the Kensington area. At an event

At the corner of Amber & Abigail in East Kensington, it's hard to miss the Two Point Five Beta House, not to be confused with the Delta House, built a couple of years ago by Postgreen. It's big, it's purplish, and it unapologetically strikes a blow for contemporary architecture in

Right around Thanksgiving, we told you about plans to demolish a green house in East Kensington and construct a new home in its place. We also learned of plans to build two more homes next door, replacing long vacant lots. The other day, we passed by 2072-76 E. Susquehanna Ave. and

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Weisbrod & Hess brewed their lager in a facility where Hagert Street meets Frankford Avenue. After prohibition, their buildings sat vacant for decades until Yards took over in 2001, according to Workshop of the World. When Yards moved to a new facility on Delaware