In Northern Liberties

The 400 block of Fairmount Avenue is poised for improvements as two separate projects seek to bring new life, both residential and retail to the area. Developers want to build four triplexes on a surface parking lot in the middle of the block. Nearby, other entrepreneurs will bring a nail

Heading down 2nd Street the other day, we spotted construction activity at 622 N. 2nd St., long a vacant lot. A sign at the mixed-use building in progress tells us that the building will eventually be home to the Northern Liberties Veterinary Center.Future Vet ClinicMeanwhile, just down the street, the

Several weeks ago, developers looking to build on the 100 block of Spring Garden Street, near the waterfront, on a parcel just east of I-95, reached a compromise with the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association for plans to construct a six-story building with ground-floor retail and twenty-five apartments.Developers for 117 Spring

We've gone on the record multiple times in the last couple of years, lamenting Philadelphia's lack of movie theaters. That people who live in Rittenhouse have to travel fifteen blocks to see a first-run movie is still incomprehensible to us, and if the folks fighting the iPic plan for the

After three community meetings and lots of feedback from a collection of design professionals, neighbors and developers have come to an agreement on a project that will see the construction of seven new homes on a vacant triangular lot in Northern Liberties. 405-45 Saint John Neumann Way sits between 4th

Eight or more condos along with ground-floor retail may soon fill another vacancy on the busy N. 2nd Street commercial corridor in Northern Liberties. Half a block south of the Piazza at 950-54 N. 2nd St., this project would replace an ugly garage and a strip of vacant land next

With development having about filled in Northern Liberties like a full connect four grid with nowhere else to go, we imagine we will see additional small retail spots pop up at different corner locations throughout the neighborhood in the near future. Two years ago, we told you about two vacant commercial

On the northeast corner of 6th & Poplar in Northern Liberties stands a warehouse with a history that will likely come as a surprise. In 1916, this building was constructed as the Poplar Theatre and seated over 850 people at its height. According to Cinema Treasures, it was converted into a printer's warehouse

Over a year ago, we told you about plans for nine new homes coming to the corner if 6th & Fairmount. It's taken quite some time for this project to move forward, but over the last month or two the old building that stood on this site has been demolished.

It's no secret that development in Northern Liberties has pushed to the north and west as the years have gone by. So it should come as no surprise to hear about plans for four new buildings on 6th Street, north of Poplar. You may recall, eight huge new luxury homes