In Fishtown

We've covered several projects from Carmel Developments in some interesting locations. Most notable was the condo project on the 1000 block of Fairmount, the Fairmount Abode. Last year, they built a four-unit building in a far more standard location, on the 1200 block of Fairmount Avenue. With their newest project,

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A reader checked in a couple of weeks ago, and gave us the heads up about two new homes approaching completion across the street from the nearly finished Norris Point homes. 2135 E. Norris St. was previously part of a rather large vacant lot/green space, but has now been appropriated

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Unbelievably, we haven't visited the 1200 block of Crease Street since last October. Back then, we updated you on seven homes that were under construction and gave you the lowdown about a fourteen home development that was just getting underway. As you might imagine, the passing of time has resulted

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When we last checked in on Norris Point last fall, four of the planned ten homes had been constructed and were still being completed inside. We were in the area last week, and noticed that the project has taken advantage of the time that's gone by, and all of the

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Developers will likely move forward to the ZBA with their plans to construct two four-story homes on Allen Street, according to Matt Karp, Fishtown Neighbors Association (FNA) zoning chair. The project at 131-33 Allen St. was opposed by the community in a meeting last month, with height being the concern. The lots

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A couple of readers have recently asked us about progress at Hagert Square, Fishtown's newest "gated community," located at the corner of Hagert & Gaul. The last time we checked in on this project was back in November, when framing was underway for the fifteen homes fronting Hagert Street, and

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Over the winter, we checked in on the 26th Precinct Police Station on Trenton Avenue, noting that a long-anticipated renovation was almost complete. At that time, residents had begun to move into the building, but the promised bank on the first floor had not yet appeared. But wouldn't you know,

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While we were out taking photos in Fishtown the other day, we chanced upon a blighted building and a vacant lot at the corner of Thompson & Colona. Plants climb from the ground to the roof in between the small yard and an evergreen colored fence is painted with what

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A couple of months ago, we told you about two homes that would be rising at 2037-39 Blair St., behind a planned mixed-use building on Frankford Avenue. This block of Blair Street isn't the best in the neighborhood, with mostly two-story homes on one side of the street and vacant land

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Over the winter, we told you about two new foundations right off the corner of Frankford & Montgomery, next door to a building that went up in 2011. These square-shaped homes were being built on the rear of a huge Frankford Ave. lot that was being chopped up into three

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