In South Kensington

Recently, Levi Netanel went before the ZBA with a plan to build two triplexes at 1307-09 N 6th St., currently vacant lots. Both lots are currently owned by City agencies, but we'd imagine the developer has them under agreement, or he wouldn't be going through the zoning grind.

Though these lots

Last week, a large, vacant warehouse located at 1835-61 E. Madison St., collapsed. Located paces away from Kensington Avenue and on a block with primarily two-story homes, this event surely spooked the neighbors when the large building came tumbling to the ground last Wednesday afternoon. And it's a real shame,

Developer Birds Eye Development has a project coming to 1206-08 N 7th St., on a kind of dodgy block just north of Girard Avenue. Currently, these addresses include a large vacant lot and a large vacant shell.

According to the zoning application, the plan for this location is to rehab the

We were 4th Street the other day, just north of Girard Avenue, and realized that a ton of development activity is taking place on this block. What brought us here is the upcoming construction of two homes at 1214 N 4th St., which we noticed on today's zoning docket.

According to

We saw a guy working on a red stucco building on the southeast corner of 2nd & Master the other day, and figured there may be something going on at this location in the near future. Looking more closely, we noticed a couple of building permits posted on one of

A new start up brewery is taking shape in Kensington, last week winning neighborhood approval to sell growlers to go, merchandise, and pub grub from its future home at 5th & Cecil B. Moore.

Tim Patton, owner and sole proprietor of St. Benjamin Brewing Company, has been searching for more than

Several months ago, we brought the Gretz Brewery, located in Kensington at 1524 Germantown Ave. to your attention.

Recently, a reader brought a depressing bit of news to our attention. Apparently, some or all of the historic brewery complex, which has been unused for fifty years, could be torn down by the City

It's been six months since we last checked in on 3rd Ward, the Brooklyn-based arts facility coming soon to Kensington. Since the last time we stopped by, the buildings that will house 3rd Ward, located at 4th and Thompson Sts., have been cleaned quite a bit, with actual windows in

If you've been to South Kensington at any point, you've probably been struck by the number of vacant lots, ripe for redevelopment. And make no mistake, developers are paying attention and several larger projects are already underway or just on the horizon. Recently, we gave you the lowdown on eighteen

On this week's zoning docket, a proposal came down the pike for a long vacant, enormous parcel in South Kensington, close to all sorts of other development that's been going on in this area. The lot, 171-79 W Jefferson St., has been available for sale on and off for the