In Queen Village

We've heard rumblings about Weccacoe Flats for months now, but only yesterday did we happen upon the future location of this neat development. 817-19 S. 5th St., just around the corner from the soon-to-be-made-over Weccacoe Playground, currently consists of two fairly standard Queen Village 2.5 story homes that look like

In Queen Village, plans are developing for the revitalization of a site once referred to by local youths as “Broken-Glass Park.” Those involved envision their park will become an innovative 21st-century urban enclave.

Over the past decade, the Friends of Weccacoe Playground (FWP) have worked to clean the 3/4-acre public park situated between Catharine, Queen, Leithgow,

Butterflies and the windows of curiosities are coming soon to a long neglected Fulton Street wall often subjected to graffiti and public urination in Queen Village.

Queen Village artist Conrad Booker is scheduled to begin painting his mural “Harmony and the Windows of Curiosities” in mid- or late-May, at 770 S. 4th St. Booker is known

Almost a year ago (wow, how time flies), we told you about Queen's Walk, a sixteen-home development under construction at the corner of 5th and Montrose Sts., formerly the site of a dessert topping manufacturer. At the time, the development consisted of wood framing and some foundations.

As the past ten

In Queen Village, a Chinese fast-food take-out restaurant that opened a few months ago has caused some concerns for local neighbors. It seems that the owners opened their eatery, located at 942 S. 5th St., without proper permits or zoning.

Owners appeared before the Queen Village Neighborhood Association (QVNA) zoning committee at its meeting this

Back in October, we openly wondered about the ongoing demolition work at 825 S. 4th St., former home Queen Village Pizza. At the time, the never-impressive pizza shop had recently closed, and it appeared as though demo work was going on both in the downstairs retail space and in the

After more than a year scanning the city’s neighborhoods for a perfect location, DIG Yoga is set to open by late spring or early summer in Queen Village, at 412 Monroe St.

The studio will fill a space that's removed from the street, up a driveway and next to the building that's marked

Over the weekend, we noticed a SOLD sign on a warehouse located at 531-33 Bainbridge St.

Used for the past however many years for fabric storage for nearby Fleishman's Fabrics, this building has not had any sort of retail use for quite some time. Looking at the faded painted signs on

Over the summer, when we told you about a bunch of activity on the 500 block of Washington Ave., one of the projects we mentioned was a large, new construction building on the northwest corner of 5th St. & Washington Ave.

Since we last checked in, this building has come along

Neighborhood improvements are on in the way in Queen Village, where new schoolyards will soon be built at the Meredith and Nebinger schools.

Since August, neighbors and parents of students at the Meredith School, located at 5th and Fitzwater Sts., have participated in a series of meetings designed to generate community input