In Francisville|Spring Garden

According to a zoning notice from last month, an unexpected change is coming to 1308 W. Girard Ave.

Home to Drexel Bindery Inc. for twenty-five years and located on a fairly depressed commercial corridor, this location doesn't exactly seem ripe for redevelopment. But that's just what's planned for this building, which

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

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