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The south side of the 1700 block of Catharine Street is lined with three-story homes and uniquely, the north side has basketball courts and a swimming pool associated with the Marian Anderson Rec Center in lieu of houses. Most of the homes on the block have turned over in the last

Last month, we told you about a collection of projects on or around Grays Ferry Avenue. Included in that group was a five-unit development on the 2500 block of Carpenter Street that was, at that time, a new foundation. Passing by today, we saw it's been framed out.Moving alongThree doors

Back in December, we suspected that work was underway at 922 S. 20th St., a former bodega that was set to become a pho place. For the past few months, there's been a hole where the first floor used to be, and no additional construction activity on the site. Yesterday

The other day, a reader wondered about two homes currently getting a little work done on the 2200 block of Montrose Street. These homes are mere steps away from Julian Abele Park, the still newish park that represents one of the few public green spaces in the neighborhood.Julian Abele ParkRenovation

We could have sworn we wrote about 2110 Christian St. like two years ago, but for whatever reason we can't find the story in our archives. To make a not so long story even shorter, the property has been blighted and boarded up for many years, under the not-so-caring stewardship

Speaking of neighborhood schools...Almost two years ago, Chester A. Arthur elementary school at 20th & Catharine got a new playground, largely thanks to the efforts of the Friends of Chester A. Arthur parent group. Recently, further FoCA efforts came to fruition as a family gathering area surrounding the playground was constructed. About a year ago, we

We last checked in on the 1900 block of League Street in October, when we discovered five new homes under construction on a small block that's only a short trip from Washington Avenue. This development came on the heels of five additional homes that were built on the eastern side

Our memory is a little fuzzy on the subject, but when we got our first veggie chicken cheesesteak at Govinda's back in 2001, we're pretty sure they were located in the storefront at 1408 South St., next door to their current location on the corner of Broad & South. We

A reader checked in the other day and gave us the heads up about three projects worth visiting near Grays Ferry & Carpenter. So visit we did and here's what we found:New triplex on Grays FerryAbout two years ago, Metro Impact built the three-condo unit building pictured above on the

For years, the 1000 block of S. 17th Street was objectively terrifying. Blighted, empty, collapsing buildings mixed with overgrown vacant lots created a mise en scene reminiscent of a horror movie. When the City thankfully condemned the homes on the block and tore them down, it was surely a relief