In Francisville

A reader reached out last week, wondering about some new zoning noticed they'd noticed on the east side of the 800 block of N. 15th Street in Francisville. These notices are posted on a pair of large vacant lots on either side of a building that went up in the

The 800 block of N. Uber Street is a lovely little block with a pocket park at its southern end, but it's got some development on the horizon for both sides of the street.On the east side of the street, you can see a big new building at 815-17 N.

About a year ago, we visited the 1500 block of Brown Street and noted that several projects were in the pipeline for the block, though most were not evident to the casual observer at the time. The most obvious project was happening at the northeast corner of 16th & Brown, where developers

From what we can tell from looking at the architecture and considering the history of the area, we have to think that 906 N. Broad St. was originally built as a car dealership. Today, the rather large but boring one-story building has been chopped up and is home to a Family Dollar, a

Here's a test, to see if you were paying attention a couple years ago. Who can tell us where to find Erdman Street? No cheating.Erdman Street is a tiny alleyway in Francisville that's only accessible from Perkiomen Street. When we last visited this block, it looked like garbage, strewn with trash

On 17th Street between Olive and Folsom Streets, there's a roughly 8,000 sqft parcel that's been sitting empty for as long as we can remember. New development have sprung up around this property though, with the Folsom Powerhouse project rising next door on the 1700 block of Folsom Street, and a new mixed-use

The area around 16th & Girard has been dominated by Saint Joseph's hospital for many years, with the large building sitting on the southwest corner and many nearby properties used as surface parking lots for employees, patients, and visitors. But the hospital closed last year, and as we told you

It's been about a year since we last checked in on 16th Street in Francisville, specifically the stretch of 16th Street between Parrish and Ogden. A reminder, this block, along with the adjacent 1600 block of Ogden Street, was a vast desert of vacancy just a few years back.The vacancy

It's true that Philadelphia boasts numerous edifices that outshine the former New Macedonia Church at 875 Corinthian Ave., but that doesn't mean we won't be sad to see it go. About half a year ago, we told you that developers had purchased this building that's up the block from Eastern

It took a little longer than we would have originally expected, but it seems a former supermarket is finally getting torn down on Ridge Avenue. It was about two and a half years ago that we told you that developers had purchased the property at 1614-20 Ridge Ave. and were