In Francisville

In Francisville, development around 19th & Poplar over the past couple of years has had a transformative effect on the surrounding neighborhood. To name just a couple, projects like a ten-home development on Ginnodo Street and a 35-unit development that replaced several vacant structures have helped contribute toward making this area into an up

When we last checked in on the northeast corner of 19th & Fairmount, we noted that Noam Chomsky looked concerned as he prepared to be covered by a new building. At that time, developers had just broken ground at this site, where they would soon be constructing a building with

We've mentioned so much development around the intersection of 19th & Poplar, it's hard to keep track of all the projects taking place or in the pipeline. We were in the area the other day and were reminded of a project we first told you about almost a year ago

Way back in the fall of 2011, we told you about a six-unit project going up near the corner of 17th & Cambridge in Francisville. At the time, we commented that the project seemed to be moving rather slowly, having received zoning approvals back in the middle of 2010. Well,

Earlier this winter we wrote about the possible development of a Francisville lot in the middle of Winding Roses Park, an underutilized neighborhood park located at Uber and Brown, a block away from the Francisville Rec Center. This space had been a quasi-public green space for years, with City agencies owning four

We were zipping around Francisville, snapping photos of all the development in the neighborhood, and were surprised to see a newly framed home at 1743 Cambridge St.

Doing a little research, we discovered that Concord Business Management LLC is building a duplex here, with a parking space in the rear. It's

It's true that Francisville has seen a tremendous amount of new construction in recent years. Many blighted properties have been replaced by new homes, and plenty of vacant lots have been filled in. Despite all of this, there is still plenty of blight and vacancy that remains in the neighborhood,

We find ourselves on Fairmount Ave. several times a week as you can imagine, but have somehow not visited 15th & Fairmount for several months. As you may remember, Project H.O.M.E. is currently constructing a rather large development at this intersection. We passed by a few days ago, and were

In Francisville, the development seems to keep on coming. From four quadplexes at 16th and Poplar, to the major 55-unit Project H.O.M.E. development at Fairmount & Ridge, to a 35-unit development around 19th and Poplar, there doesn't seem to be an end in sight. And as we were checking out the progress of some of these larger

Eastern State Penitentiary is truly one of Philadelphia's architectural gems, attracting over a quarter-million tourists annually. After serving as a prison between 1829 and 1970, the structure was mostly abandoned for a couple of decades, and faced the possibility of demolition during Frank Rizzo's administration. By 1994, the building had