In Pennsport

It wasn't so long ago that the section of Pennsport immediately surrounding Dickinson Square Park was a little on the dicey side, with several blighted buildings and vacant lots on the blocks immediately to the north and west of the park. Virtually all of those properties have been redeveloped over the last

A reader reached out the other day, giving us the heads up that the properties at 101-109 Ellsworth St. are listed for sale. The list price is $1.2M, and the parcel certainly could represent an interesting development opportunity. Developers have built new homes along the 100 block of Ellsworth Street over the

After closing the Abigail Vare School at 1619 E. Moyamensing Ave. in 2013, the Philadelphia School District put the property up for sale in 2014, ultimately selecting the Concordia Group as the buyer. If the name of this developers sounds familiar, it's because they're involved in another project in Pennsport, the Southwark on

We made a trip to Ikea over the weekend, and we took Tasker Street to head back into town, with a planned detour at the Dutch for some delicious brunch food. On our way to enjoy some sweet Dutch babies, we happened upon a Demolition Notice on the 200 block of Tasker Street, on

Earlier this week, we shared the news that plans should soon be moving forward to completely overhaul Penn's Landing, a project that will be a major coup for the Delaware waterfront. As part of that plan, we noted that the Delaware River Trail will get extended from Spring Garden Street down

Could Pennsport be getting a new coffee place? An eagle eyed reader tipped us off that this could indeed be the case, in a former auto shop next door to Pennsport Beer Boutique. We were intrigued, so we took a trip over to 1313 S. 3rd St. to see what's

A reader reached out the other day, having noticed a sign advertising upcoming development on a chain link fence at the southeast corner of 6th & Tasker. 1601-1605 S. 6th St. has been sitting empty for a number of years, an unexpected vacancy on a block that's otherwise filled in.Sign

We don't often find ourselves on South 2nd Street outside of one day of the year, but a proposed project at 1728 S. 2nd St. drew our attention and we made our way over there last week. We couldn't tell you what this building was originally used for, but over

Roughly three years ago, we considered the case of 1401 S. Columbus Blvd., wondering how the site would be redeveloped after plans for a casino were officially 86-ed. Two years later, we confirmed that Tower Investments had purchased the property and Bart Blatstein was considering a plan for a shopping

When we last visited the block bounded by 4th, 5th, Reed, and Dickinson Streets about six months ago, we noted that the demolition of the former Mount Sinai Hospital was entering its home stretch. At the same time, we were surprised to see that construction had already began for Southwark