In Northern Liberties

A reader gave us the heads up about a recent demolition at 942 N 2nd St., a dilapidated building that we've wondered about for years. According to Phillyhistory.org, this building was originally the storefront for the Laurel Meat Packing Plant. In more recent years, it was apparently a home wares

Last week, Avram Hornik reopened Ortlieb's, the jazz bar at 847 N 3rd St. that closed down a couple of years back, when it was under other management. According to Uwishunu, several of the bar's old fixtures were preserved, but the place definitely has a new, shinier look. And the

Though Northern Liberties has experienced a tremendous amount of growth and development over the last decade plus, numerous lots and buildings remain that are underutilized and occasionally blighted. Case in point, 1120 N 3rd St., a one-story garage-front building that once held an HVAC contractor's office, and the poorly fenced

A reader asked us whether we knew anything about the space at 326 Poplar St. that formerly housed Liberty Deli. The store, apparently located there since the 1980s according to this thread on Northernliberties.org, closed a few months ago.

Appreciated by neighbors for friendly service, tasty hoagies, and providing the necessities,

We noticed a seemingly exciting zoning application for 314-18 Brown St., seeking a permit for nineteen apartments in an existing two-story structure. Thinking that yet another new development was in the works for this immediate area, which has seen plenty of action in recent months, we hiked over there to

On the up-and-coming 1100 block of North Hope St., two more parcels will soon join numerous other properties currently being redeveloped. In January, NLNA gave their support to the construction of two single family homes at 1140-42 N. Hope St., each with four bedrooms and two bathrooms.

According to public record,

A long vacant (and long for sale) lot in Northern Liberties should soon be transformed into three new homes. Shimi Zaken of Atrium Design will be designing these homes at 425-433 Brown St.

The owner/developer is David Reuter, who we believe is a partner at a local private equity firm. Reuter, along with

According to a zoning application from January, vacant lot 949-51 N Lawrence St. will soon contain two new single family homes with roof decks and garages.

Integrity Building Group is responsible for this new development, which was supported by NLNA, according to zoning chair Larry Freedman. This builder has done some

We've wondered about the northeast corner of 2nd and Brown Sts. for years, curious as to why nobody has yet developed the self-proclaimed "Best Corner Left in Northern Liberties." This location was once the home to the NoLibs Meat building, but has been a vacant lot for years. According to

Just yesterday, we told you about seven houses on the way at 614-20 N. American St. in Northern Liberties. Today, through the magic of electronic communication, we present renderings for these new homes, courtesy or architects Harman Deutsch.

Looking at the renderings, we can see our inference from the zoning application