In Fishtown
For all of the development that Fishtown has seen over the last decade or so, you'd think there wouldn't be any vacant land left to redevelop. But that's not actually the case, and the neighborhood still has plenty of room to grow. Perhaps counterintuitively, the street with the biggest development
Read MoreLeopard Street is such an amazing street name. You know you'd feel amazing about yourself if you had a Leopard Street address. Who wouldn't? So it's kind of a shame that Leopard Street only exists for two blocks in the entire city, running north-south between Front Street and Frankford Avenue,
Read MoreAuto Shop is Gone on Frankford, Mixed-Use Building Coming Soon
1 November, 2018 | No Comments | FishtownTraditionally, whenever someone mentioned Frankford Avenue in Fishtown, they were almost definitely referring to the section of the corridor that starts above Girard. If not, then they were probably thinking of the section of Frankford between I-95 and Girard, home to Barcade and Garage. They almost definitely weren't considering the 900 and 1000
Read MoreNorris Street west of Frankford has experienced some major changes over the last several years, as a number of old industrial properties have turned over and gone residential. We've seen vacant land get filled in and old buildings torn down, with a few different projects rising on Norris Street and in
Read MoreThe building at 1224 Frankford Ave. has a diverse industrial history, having originally been built as a brewery, serving for a time as a pickle factory, and operating as an ice storage building between 1925 and the mid-1990s. So it's been around for awhile. Over the last couple decades, the building has
Read MoreGiven all the new construction we've seen in Fishtown, East Kensington, and Olde Richmond, it often feels like developers have already snatched most of the large lots in these neighborhoods. But a few still remain, waiting for the right project from the right developer. Or at least a project from a developer.
Read MoreWe found ourselves in the River Wards around lunchtime the other day, and as is occasionally our wont we stopped over at Fresh Works, a little sandwich shop on Belgrade Street. As we were trying to decide between a hoagie or a salad, we noticed a chain link fence around
Read MoreThe past few years have brought significant changes to the small square block bounded by York Street, Gaul Street, Belgrade Street, and Gordon Street. Just a handful of years ago, this block included two homes, a meat distributor, and a plumbing business and felt like a snapshot of Fishtown's traditional blend of
Read MoreEast Girard is home to several old buildings that add interest and provide personality to the corridor, like the Kensington National Bank turned Wells Fargo branch, or the First Presbyterian Church. That being said, the majority of the buildings on East Girard are older, utilitarian, mixed-use buildings that look like they
Read MoreHistorically, the large parcel at 2308 E. Tucker St. was the site of a public bath house, a place that allowed people in the neighborhood to wash themselves in an age before indoor plumbing was commonplace. As personal baths and showers became more of thing, bath houses faded away, and
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