In Francisville

Back in August, we told you about a new project, the conversion of the former Calvary Church at 16th & Fairmount to ten condo units by Loonstyn Bros. LLC, and designed by YCH Architects. It hasn't even been five months, and the project is pretty much wrapped up. We went

A reader tipped us off about some ongoing construction at 1701 Poplar St., which was a vacant lot for the past few years. The new building is going up on nice-sized lot that measures nearly 1500 sqft and faces a fairly bleak stretch of Ridge Ave.

From the looks of it,

Arthur Faber LLC purchased 922-26 N 17th St., three vacant lots between Cambridge St. and Girard Ave., for $157.5K about a year ago. The property owners went to zoning for a variance to turn the three lots into one, and construct a six-family home at this site. As you can

838-840 N. 20th St., at the northwest corner of 20th and Parrish Sts., are being developed into two homes by Dottie Properties, LLC. For years, these were overgrown corner lots.

According to the zoning application, the two houses being built will be single family homes with roofdecks. With all the action

You've probably never been to the 1500 block of Melon St. in the Spring Garden neighborhood. Half a block south of Fairmount Ave., Melon St. and N Sydenham St. dead-end into each other, creating an area where development has thrived in the past few years.

As recently as 2005, the 1500

Continuing our coverage of the boom in Francisville, we've spotted a new foundation on the way at 812-14 N. 15th St.

According to the zoning application, the developer is consolidating two lots into one large six-family home with no parking. Though we don't know what the new building will look like,

A former seafood warehouse at 1424 Fairmount Ave. is being transformed by a developer who will be turning the building into thirty apartments with car and bicycle parking.

The zoning application states that the developer will be adding three stories onto the existing building, which has a footprint of nearly 10K

When we last reported on the St. Clare's Monastery site at W Girard & Corinthian Ave., the last vestiges of the building were still standing. In the last month, the facade of the monastery has been taken down and put into storage until new buildings are constructed on the site.

Last week, we wrote about a couple of new homes going up on Mount Vernon St. in the West Poplar neighborhood. Things are really hopping in this area, and another residential building is going up at 622 N. 12th St., right around the corner.

The developer, Carmel Developments Inc. acquired the

Why is Kelly Drive a well-maintained, boast-worthy road and trail, and Ridge Avenue a dilapidated, run-down street that's full of litter and whose highest purpose could be that it's part of the route for the 61 bus?

The condition of Ridge Ave. really irked Josh Goodsell, founder and director of the Philadelphia