In Fishtown

Just around the corner from the thriving Frankford & Berks intersection in Fishtown, developers are renovating a three-story brick building with a carriage door. Two years ago 1836-38 Sepviva St. was purchased at a short sale. According to old listings, renovations have started and stopped repeatedly over the years, and recently

Traveling though Fishtown the other day, we stumbled upon three homes under construction at the corner of Gaul & E. Cumberland. These homes are replacing a vacant lot that's been on and off the market a couple of times over the years. Finally, Gaul Cumberland LLC purchased the three lots

It's been awhile since we last visited the IceHouse project in Fishtown, at the corner of Columbia & Thompson. Last time, we had learned that the second phase of the project was about to get underway but were surprised to learn that this would involve the construction of a condo

A local business owner plans to combine two vacant lots at 534-36 E. Cabot St. that he acquired in the spring of 2008 for $95K into one and construct a single-family home designed by Jenkintown-based Lance R. Kraemer Associates. The drive to combine the lots likely came from the fact

Two newlyweds are poised to bring another dose of improvement to the East Girard Ave. business corridor with Stock, a Vietnamese pho restaurant they plan to open in January at 308 E. Girard Ave., the site of a former ice cream shop.Tyler Akin, a sous chef at Zahav, and Nicole Reigle,

On a little street in Fishtown, two new homes at 2303-05 Collins St. are being constructed as part of yet another one-off development. The two homes had been framed out when we passed by a couple of weeks ago. Previously, the lots where these homes are rising contained a swimming

The continued retail redevelopment trend along Frankford Avenue is continuing to thrive. For the past year, beautiful looking bikes have been worked on at 1331 Frankford Ave. at the Hammarhead Industries motorcycle shop  But now Hammarhead is out and a retail operation more suited to drawing passers-by has expanded into

We were in the neighborhood the other day and spotted some new zoning signs at 2042-44 Frankford Ave., a large vacant lot at the corner of Frankford & Susquehanna. A new project at this corner would represent additional action on a block that's currently experiencing some construction in anticipation of

For years, the old 26th Precinct Police Station stood blighted on the corner of Trenton & Dauphin. The number of years this architectural gem sat vacant worried preservationists, who feared that it might eventually be lost. Thankfully, the building was purchased and restored last year, maintaining the existence of one

Along Frankford Avenue, redevelopment has been filling in parcels one by one like dominoes, as each new project seems to feed into the next. Johnny Brenda's was a pioneer, anchoring Frankford Avenue at a hallmark location where it hits Girard. A few years ago, the opening of Frankford Hall heralded the beginning