In Northern Liberties

A recurring theme around here is an industrial property getting retrofitted to new purposes. Today, let's add the former print shop at 250 W Girard Ave. to the long and decorated list of such projects. This building could soon pick up a two-story addition which would include 12 apartments and

If you're looking for the epicenter of Philadelphia development in the last several years, look no further than the eastern edge of Northern Liberties. Whether it's the 1,000+ units plus amenities at Piazza Alta, almost 500 units at the former Festival Pier, or the hundreds of additional units that have

We’ve covered a few dormant projects that have come back to life recently, and today we have news of yet another, this time on the edge of Northern Liberties. We last covered the one-story commercial building at the corner of Orianna & Girard way back in 2017, after the owners

It's no secret that the nexus of Northern Liberties/South Kensington/Fishtown is the fastest growing section of our fair city these days. Thousands of units have come online here over the last several years, with a collection of businesses of varying sizes springing up to support all the new residents in

Twenty years ago, 901 N. Penn St. was a huge vacant lot on the Delaware waterfront which was previously home to Riverfront Restaurant & Dinner Theater and before that, a short-lived old-timey faux-historical concept called Philadelphia 1700. Things changed dramatically in 2004, as work began on Waterfront Square, a five-tower

When you think of 5th & Girard, on the border of the Northern Liberties, Poplar, and South Kensington neighborhoods, you may not realize that this intersection is home to the National Shrine of St. John Neumann. This grand church is the resting place for this ordained saint, with the spire

It has been several years since we visited the former Poplar Theatre which stood somewhat discreetly at 517 Poplar St. in the past. At the time, the sadly decrepit theater was recently torn down, with plans from HDO Architecture for a contemporary 40-unit building, with garage space for 29 cars

Whether you deem it Northern Liberties or Fishtown, we should all be able to agree at this juncture that the parking lots around Rivers Casino are a suboptimal use of space. These huge swathes of surface parking are never close to full, while also creating a pretty big chasm in

Marshall St. in Northern Liberties has seen a wild transformation on the blocks between Girard Ave. and Poplar St. over the last decade. We visited this stretch in 2014, when the former commercial strip was seeing signs of redevelopment after years of disinvestment. When we returned in the summer of

While taking part in our favorite pastime of slinking around vacant lots the other day, we were floored by how different the waterfront portion of Northern Liberties feels today. We are here very, very often, but sometimes even we forget to look up and take in what's happening close by.