In Northern Liberties

A good bit more development is in on the way in Northern Liberties, including the transformation of the historically designated building that currently houses Color Reflections into ten residential units, with a ground-floor commercial space. The address of the building, in case you're unfamiliar, is 542-44 N. 4th St.

Though attorney David Orphanides has

As Philly.com has reported, a four-alarm fire struck an abandoned factory on Front Street, just south of Girard Avenue, early this morning. The fire caused problems for commuters this morning, disrupting service on the El; shuttle buses are running between Spring Garden and Huntington Stations. This fire brings back memories

Last week, we gave you the heads up about the upcoming demolition of the former Pride of the Sea warehouse at 720 N 4th St., across the street from Honey’s Sit n’ Eat. Whelp, demolition has proceeded since then, and the site should be clear in the coming weeks.

The plan for this site

A couple of weeks back, the Philadelphia Planning Commission gave its blessing to a proposal that's been floating around for about a year now, for bro-bar Finnigan's Wake to take over little Bodine Street for the purposes of porch seating for catering customers. We've always been fond of the look

Last fall, we mentioned the Pride of the Sea warehouse at 720 N 4th St., an eyesore across the street from Honey's Sit n' Eat. At the time, the property was still on the market for $795K, though several commenters pointed out that a deal was being worked out for

A reader checked in, asking for some insight into why the new CVS going up at 22nd and South Streets will merely be a one-story structure. They wondered why additional density wasn't being considered for a corner that could, at the very least, handle another two stories. They were even kind

In January, we updated you on the progress of four homes on the 600 block of Poplar Street, on the edge of Northern Liberties. At the time, we speculated on the upper boundary for the pricing of these homes, guessing that people wouldn't pay much above $400K, given the location.

As if Northern Liberties doesn't have enough high-end housing developments going up right now (we're looking at you, Stable Flats, houses at 2nd & Green, Orkney Street homes, etc etc etc), we've learned about yet another project, tabbed the Green-Nine Townhomes. Located at 613-25 N 3rd St., these nine new

When we last checked in on the five new construction homes plus two condo units plus parking at 211-221 Green St. back in November, the buildings were framed and sheathed. As we mentioned in an earlier post, these buildings are being developed by a subsidiary of Tower Investments, on land

On Monday, we told you about 973-75 N 5th St., a site where developers are proposing seven new homes, with five of those homes fronting tiny Orkney Street. Here's a current view of this parcel, from the 5th Street side:

The thanks to the helpful folks at KJO Architecture we were able to