In Point Breeze

Preemptive disclosure that Ori Feibush owns this blog, in case ya didn't know. And while this post will surely be biased, it will still raise some important points that are true, notwithstanding that bias. Just wanted to be up front, mkay?

One of the more straightforward and common zoning applications that

Last week, at two different RCO meetings, developers presented plans for two new homes on the 2000 block of Titan Street in Point Breeze. 2002 and 2004 Titan St. have been vacant lots for decades, but that situation should be changing very soon. At the South Philadelphia H.O.M.E.S. meeting last

Last October, we first told you about the work of Scioli Turco, a non-profit company that’s worked mostly in South Philly in the last couple of years, taking over vacant properties using Act 135. For those unfamiliar, this law, passed in 2009, allows residents, businesses, or non-profits to take conservatorship over a blighted

Visit the Ralph Brooks Tot Lot at 20th & Tasker today and the first thing you notice is a chilling mural containing dozens of names of neighborhood victims of violence. It's perhaps appropriate that such a mural would exist next door to this twenty-five year old park, which was established

Last week, a reader shot us an email giving us the heads up about some construction activity, or should we say demolition activity, taking place at the northwest corner of 24th & Federal. This triple-wide property has been a mess for number of years, and we were heartened to learn

We were in the area the other day and spotted a For Sale sign at 1200 S. 22nd St., on the southwestern corner of 22nd & Federal. From the looks of it, the property has gotten some serious work done recently- it was apparently a church until a couple of

We've covered ad nauseum the dramatic improvement that's taken place at 2001 Federal St., where a coffee shop and four apartments have replaced a building that sat blighted for many years. Now, three other properties surrounding this intersection will soon see dramatic improvement, significantly improving one of the most important

This week, two readers have checked in, giving us the heads up about ongoing demolition at 1501 S. 20th St., on the southeast corner of 20th & Dickinson. We've visited this area previously, as three of the Northstar Point Breeze affordable housing homes were built on the southwest corner of

Just about anyone who's walked around Philadelphia for a day would agree that we live in a city of murals. Whether they're sprucing up blank walls downtown or serving as placeholders until vacant land can be developed, these works of public art make our city more vibrant, more interesting, and

Heading through South Philly the other day, our attention was grabbed by four different projects over a mere three blocks on 17th Street in Point Breeze. All are residential developments, with one that makes an aesthetic statement that really catches the eye.

First, an update on three homes at 17th &