In Point Breeze

A reader tipped us off that a house we covered back in the fall was nearing completion at 1116 S. 19th St., just a half a block south of Washington Avenue. Take a look at the progress here over time.

This new home has a unique look for the neighborhood, and

Just a block south of the proposed cafe/music venue/artist space that we told you about last month, and a couple of blocks west of the former Childs Elementary building, 3027 Darien St Llc has proposed building a duplex on the corner of 18th and Reed Sts.

The new building will be

Yesterday, we noticed two new homes being framed out at 1205-07 S. 18th St., replacing two vacant lots. Take a look at what the area looked like up until recently:

Yesterday, things looked a little more exciting:

Developer Neal Rubin, who has done a few other projects around town, purchased each of

It seems appropriate, on the day after E.M. Stanton and Isaac Sheppard Elementary were spared closure by the SRC, to wonder about the fate of the former George W. Childs School. Located at 17th and Tasker Sts. in Point Breeze for over a century, the school moved to 16th and Wharton Sts.

Last Fall, we told you about a new development project on one of the most depressed blocks in Point Breeze. Last week, we discovered that those six new homes on the 2000 block of Annin St. are either finished or awfully close, as some 'For Rent' signs have been hung

Earlier this week, we spotted a 'For Sale' sign on the newly rehabbed 2147 Ellsworth St., a property we originally brought to your attention last month, with concerns that its renovation was a threat to the mural on its party wall. To refresh your memory, this mural was originally painted

In March 2011, developer Mial Incorporated went before the ZBA with plans to construct five new homes at 1910-18 Alter St., in Point Breeze. The block, as it's currently constituted, has mostly two-story homes on the south side of the street, along with a couple of large, vacant lots. On

A large warehouse space in Point Breeze could become the newest and most exciting development in the neighborhood in the very near future. We know, it's tough to believe that someone could be planning something more exciting than a mixed-use development property with a pharmacy on Point Breeze Ave. or

A reader tipped us off to a zoning notice on this out-of-the-ordinary building on the corner of 18th and Wharton Sts., and we were surprised by the variances being requested.

This building, 1300 S. 18th St., was purchased a little less than a year ago by Kirk Vs Inc for $115K.

Last summer we told you about the case of 1402 Ellsworth St., a blighted property with a hope for redevelopment. At the time, a developer was attempting to build an addition onto the building and convert the crumbling and overgrown property into three apartments with one parking spot.

A couple of