In Fishtown

Have you heard? Frankford Avenue has gone through a change or two (hundred) over the last several years. We don't need to tell you how the stretch of Frankford from Girard to Lehigh has been transformed, as this part of Fishtown/East Kensington is occasionally regarded as the coolest area in

The Delaware Generating Station, located just to the north of Penn Treaty Park, is perhaps one of the most intriguing development sites in all of Philadelphia. After nearly a century of providing power to the city, the plant was decommissioned in 2008 and quickly became the target of urban explorers

Having grown up in the 1980s and early 90s, we are the exact target market for Barcade. And we must admit, the place is basically catnip to us. If we had no responsibilities and unlimited funds, we'd probably be there every night - and we'd probably find ourselves with dueling

Okay, we should probably be more specific here, as there are two furniture wholesaler buildings on Delaware Avenue. The property we are not talking about is 1130 N. Delaware Ave., which is a white and boxy industrial building, with old signs painted on its facade. This property has been subject

Holy moly, has the west side of the 1800 block of Frankford changed over the years. The transformation of this block, which has completely turned over since 2007, puts an incredibly fine point on what's been happening on this corridor and in Fishtown in general during this time period. Honestly,

Surely you've heard the idiom 'money in the bank,' used to express a level of certainty about a thing occurring. Maybe you've also heard it to describe a wrestling pay purview event, but we digress. The idiom relates to the fact that putting money in the bank is a secure

The Northbank project is located at 2001 Beach St., and as we've told you before, it's one of the largest private residential developments in Philadelphia history. The property covers roughly 30 acres of Delaware waterfront, and though it's technically located inside of Fishtown's neighborhood boundaries, its size and location on

It's amazing now that we think about it, but our last visit to the 1200 block of E. Oxford St. occurred almost a decade ago. Back then, we told you about some new homes under construction at 1232 and 1234 E. Oxford St., which were rising on previously vacant lots. When

Frankford Avenue will soon have a pair of new mixed-use buildings, located pretty much across the street from each other. We suspect that the timing of the construction for both of these projects will be more or less aligned, as the timing of their demolition is lined up pretty closely.

We've been at this blog writing gig for a long time, and with all the years that have gone by, we've seen numerous properties go through different iterations, warranting multiple stories over time. With today's post, 23-29 W. Girard Ave. will join that exclusive club, perhaps setting the record on longest time between