In Point Breeze

To the surprise of few and the chagrin of many, we now find ourselves in an era of wholesale church demolition. And we've lost some fabulous buildings in just the last few years, like the Pilgrim Congressional United Church of Christ in Fishtown, Saint Bonaventure in Fairhill, and New Hope Temple

We've had an eye on the southwest corner of Broad & Ellsworth for years, wondering when and if this large vacant South Broad Street property would get filled in. You may remember, the adjacent Saint Rita of Cascia Shrine owns the property and has been looking to expand there for quite some time,

It's been about a year since we checked in on the northwest corner of 17th & Annin, so how 'bout an update? A year ago, this corner was home to a white warehouse that was growing more and more out of place as residential development proliferated throughout the neighborhood. It

This is a little embarrassing. You may remember that just yesterday, we told you about a few new homes under construction on the 1400 block of S. Ringgold St. in Point Breeze. A reader was kind enough to point out that there's some additional construction taking place less than half

As the years have rolled along and Point Breeze has gotten more and more attractive to developers, we've seen heretofore ignored blocks get unexpected attention. We've spilled a ton of (proverbial) ink discussing the southern spread of construction as lots closer to Washington Avenue have become more scarce and more

Given the proximity to both Broad Street and Washington Avenue, you'd think that 15th & Federal would be one of the best corners in Point Breeze. Even though we've seen a bit of construction on the 1100 block of S. 15th St., this intersection remains several steps behind the other

We promise, we'll eventually stop being surprised about the continual southern shifting of the development border in Point Breeze. But that day is not today, folks. Last spring, we visited the 1900 block of Fernon Street and noted that this street, formerly overrun by vacancy, had six homes under construction.

We've noticed that developers today are ready and willing to develop any parcel in Point Breeze that they can get their hands on. Looking back a couple of years, we remember when new homes arrived on the 1100 block of S. Sydenham St. and we were pretty surprised that developers

Through some amazing coincidence (we swear, this wasn't planned), we last visited the 1200 block of Bonsall Street exactly one year ago. At that time, two new homes were under construction where Bonsall Street hits the 2300 block of Federal. Those homes are now, as you might guess, finished, with

It's been a few months since we last checked in on the 2300 block of Alter Street in Point Breeze. Back in April, we updated you on the progress of the residential development on the block, noting that additional homes were under construction and many units had sold from the