In Fishtown

The sizable property at 2636 E. York St. has a lengthy industrial history, as you might suspect from looking at it. Turning the clock back to the 1800s, Washington Flint Glassworks made its home here, later giving way to a business called Auto Parts Salvage Company. Gotta love a business

Though we never set foot inside, we were always transfixed by the rounded Formstone-clad building at the corner of Frankford Avenue and Jefferson Street. According to Inga Saffron, the building at 1444 Frankford Ave. possessed a rich history, having been constructed as a red brick home in the 1860s or the 1870s.

About a month ago, we told you to be on the lookout for a new project on the 1400 block of Oxford Street, just a block off Frankford Avenue. The project, which called for a new apartment building with 42 units, 34 parking spots, and a rooftop pool, will be

Whether you've lived in Olde Richmond for 50 days or 50 years, you're surely aware of the old industrial building at 2501 E. Hagert St., and you've probably given its future quite a bit of thought. This building, commonly known as the Galvo, was home to the Cattie Galvanizing Company

It wasn't so long ago that an enterprising manufacturer or artisan could easily and inexpensively set up shop in Fishtown, in one of many old industrial buildings scattered around the neighborhood. With the rapid gentrification of the neighborhood and the influx of retail to Frankford Avenue, this area has transitioned into

The stretch of E. York Street between Frankford and Aramingo is a unique animal, different from just about any block we can think of in town. It's extra-wide, and a section of the street had a rail line running down the middle back when this part of town still had a strong industrial presence.

A little more than three years ago, we told you about a significant proposal at 1405 Frankford Ave. which called for the construction of a new mixed-use building with 30 apartments. The developers could have built a 32-unit building with no parking, but instead proposed a little less density and

You'd have to be in your 60s to remember when the Palm Theatre stood at the corner of Frankford & Norris, and you'd have to be even older to have seen a film there. According to Cinema Treasures, this building was constructed in the late 1800s as a vaudeville theatre, converting

Like the US economy, the real estate market in Philadelphia has been running hot for about a decade, and we're now at the point in the development cycle that developers have gobbled up almost every obviously attractive parcel in desirable neighborhoods. This being the case, we're seeing more and more

We all have our guilty pleasure snacks, and if you're anything like us, you have several. A Philly soft pretzel has always been near the top of our list, thanks to the blissful combination of chewiness, maltiness, and saltiness. We're not especially picky when it comes to Philly soft pretzels, but when we