In Fishtown

Over the weekend, while making our rounds through town looking for stories, we spied some new homes under construction near the corner of Sepviva & E. Firth. We had never been to this block before, and Google Maps was rather useful in helping us understand what had been here previously.In

We've been careful to document, in sometimes excruciating detail, all of the changes that have been happening on Frankford Avenue in recent years. Below Girard, Barcade is thriving, old buildings are being turned into apartments, and big plans for an entertainment district near Delaware Ave. are just on the horizon.

We spend our days crisscrossing around town, trying to find all the juicy development news out there. So when we spot plywood, our development sensors go off. Such was the case last week when we passed by the George L. Wells Meat Company at the intersection of Delaware and Frankford

We often get frustrated when people cry out for uniformity in neighborhood architecture. We admit that some blocks possess a certain rhythm that comes from all the buildings looking the same. And far be it from us to espouse making changes on those blocks, like the north side of the

The other day, we found ourselves at the corner of Frankford & Delaware Aves., and we noticed some idle heavy equipment atop an apparently demolished structure. We thought to ourselves, "what in the world used to be here?" and came up empty. Thankfully, Google Maps has an image of the

As we've noted numerous times as of late, in Fishtown developers are looking everywhere they can to get in on the rebuilding that's happening, and a lot of that is infill development. Such is the case with plans for four new single-family homes at 1367-73 Crease St. Homes coming soonThe

A couple of months ago, we gave you the good news that one of the two long-vacant buildings at Frankford & Wildey would soon be leasing apartments as Frankford Lofts. At the time, we lamented that the former hosiery factory across the street at 1101 Frankford Ave. remained as vacant

Over the weekend, a reader spotted zoning notices at 1401 E. Columbia Ave., currently a lot fenced in by brick walls. We did a little investigating, and learned that two new homes are proposed for this location. With lot dimensions of 20' by 91', the parcel is too large for

We've told you about several projects from BMK Homes in the last few years, with new homes springing up from these guys in South Kensington, East Kensington, and Fishtown. Today, we have concrete news of another project from this developer, and a theory about another in the works. Let's start

Several years ago, a giant old warehouse building at 2152 E. Dauphin St. was converted into 24 apartment units. Last summer, building owner Troy Timpel hired D&D Philly Designs, the guys who did the work for the reconstruction of Jerry's Bar, to design an addition to the building. Timpel runs Original