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Two quick construction updates on this fine Sunday morning:

On the corner of 19th & Fitzwater, Michael Carosella's row of enormous new construction homes are mostly framed out. This was formerly the home of the Mount Olive AME Church, and will soon be home to five extra-wide new homes.

Meanwhile, 1822 Fitzwater

You may recall, we told you over a year ago about developer Steve Rodriguez's plan to build a four story, mixed-use building on the triangular lot at 24th & Grays Ferry. The building, by Campbell Thomas and LABhaus, had been delayed for quite some time because of appeals by a cabal of near neighbors,

For over a year, we've been keeping you abreast of developments at 2101 Christian St., one of the most outstanding and thoughtful rehabs we've seen in quite awhile. Since last April (as in 2011), the buzz has been that the owners and renovators of the property would be opening and

You may recall, we told you last month that the Royal Theater, the historic but long-vacant theater on South Street West, was for sale. Recently, we heard rumblings that the property is under contract for more than we would have expected. It seems like a pretty penny for about 11,000

Yesterday, we were heading east on South Street and came upon a new parklet under construction at 1610 South St., in front of Pumpkin Market. This parklet comes to South Street through the efforts of both Pumpkin and SOSNA, who together applied for and received a $5,000 grant from the Parklet

A couple of months ago, we gave you the heads up about 1000 S. Bouvier St., a proposed new construction home from MetroImpact. Yesterday, Steve Shklovsky of Metro reappeared before the SOSNA Zoning Committee, presenting a resubmission of plans for this project, as well as initial submissions for two others in the

The other day, we were walking up 21st Street and noticed the darndest thing: The pit at 21st & Bainbridge, caused by the dramatic water main break back in July, has finally been (mostly) filled in! While the street hasn't been repaved and there's still some work to be done,

Perhaps, over the years, you've wondered about the boxy little one-story building on the southeast corner of 18th & Christian. We remember back when Fatou and Fama, a Senegalese restaurant, operated out of the space several years ago, and we remember even more clearly how the space has sat vacant

On the 1600 block of Carpenter Street, where a few new homes have gone up in recent years, three more appear to be on the horizon. Two foundations are poured and framing has begun at 1621 and 1623 Carpenter, with plans submitted and construction ostensibly coming soon to the remaining

As you can imagine, we find ourselves at 21st & South on a fairly regular basis. And while we certainly espouse the car-free lifestyle, we confess that we sometimes find ourselves behind the wheel of a small automobile, looking for a place to park. One result of the water main