In Fishtown

We were in Fishtown the other day researching a stillborn neighborhood casino, and spotted some construction going on a few doors down from the New Kensington CDC office.

Yup, it's the friendliest construction site in Philadelphia, at 2519 Frankford Ave.! The building, which we believe once contained a window glass store,

A couple of readers have emailed us about 1802 Frankford Ave., a recently constructed property that just got some new signage out front. Yes, the signs on the window advertise "Jackpot Internet Cafe," and "Cash Prizes." And yes, that's a letter from L&I tucked into the door.

According to Fishtown.us, numerous people

There's a giant lot, fenced in by cinder blocks at the corner of E Hagert & Gaul Sts. in Fishtown/Olde Richmond. The lot, which takes up nearly an acre, surely contained something at some point, but we have no idea what.

About a month ago, Hagert Square Inc purchased this lot

At Richmond St. and Girard Ave., just under I-95, a transformation from industrial to, well, multifunctional, is in the works.

An empty building located at 2200 Richmond St., the former Standard Feather Company, will be razed as part of GR1 improvements during PennDOT’s I-95 Revive Project, that stretches along our major

With many old churches in Philly going the way of the dust, we were happy to hear that the former 26th Precinct Police Station in East Kensington is being preserved and renovated. It ain’t a church, but it is definitely both old and lovely. (Can we say lovely on this

Yesterday, we wrote about the planned $50M renovation to Dilworth Plaza, next to City Hall. A much larger capital project, the rebuilding and renovation of I-95 to the north of Center City, got underway last year and will continue for about about a decade at a final cost of nearly

At Front & Girard, in a former KFC that looks like it was once on fire, a 7-11 will soon welcome customers with slurpees and weird hot dog varieties.

It's perhaps not the most intuitive addition to this area, which is seeing tremendous residential and retail development from local builders and

While millions of shad that once swam through the Delaware River off the banks of Fishtown have been killed off by American industry among other things, Fishtown is faring quite well these days, thank you very much, in terms of neighborhood revitalization. While the development of Frankford Ave. north of

To its credit, the city has come to the (totally obvious) conclusion that we'll all be better off if we have improved access to our rivers. With the Schuylkill River Trail growing in recent years, and continuing to expand in future years, things appear to be moving in the right

Last week, the Fishtown Zoning Committee heard an application for a new single-family home at 1412 Frankford Ave., and the community did not give its support.

While we weren't at the meeting, we can think of a couple of reasons why the community probably wasn't on board. The zoning application is