In South Kensington

A few months ago, we alerted you that 3rd Ward, the wonderful Brooklyn-based arts facility, will be opening a new location in the City of Brotherly Love next summer. At the time, we wondered whether the new Philadelphia location would, like the Brooklyn space, actively seek an outside restauranteur to

Seven new town homes in South Kensington, four on Master Street, and three on Mascher Street, could be the beginning of a huge project that could result in the construction of as many as seventy new single-family homes, a complete transformation that will pretty much create a new neighborhood in

A couple of weeks ago, we profiled K'House, a proposed cohousing project from Indy Hall, which will be constructed on the 1700 block of N. Howard St. While we were up there snapping pictures, we noticed a sign on the corner, at 1703-05 N. Howard St., promoting First Steel, a

We were up in Kensington the other day and this ongoing construction caught our eye.

According to the neighbors, a decent looking home stood at 1332 Palethorp St., until just a few years ago. Since the current owner purchased the lot in 2009, he's been working on the property himself, mostly

Local coworking group Independants Hall is taking the next logical step in their mission to create community in the creative scene in Philadelphia, embarking on a cohousing project called K'House (pronounced like Ka-boom, in case you're wondering). The new cohousing building will be located at 1711 N. Howard St. in

The people who brought you the Flatz@2015 and the Flats @ Girard Pointe are at it again. A vacant lot at 1300 N. American St., currently owned by the RDA, will soon be purchased by American Studios LLC, a company owned by Jeffrey Tubbs of JDT International. Mr. Tubbs, having

We don't even know what we were doing at 2nd and Oxford Sts. last week, but a rather large development under construction on the southwest corner caught our eye.

RPM Builders LP purchased the lot, which measures nearly 17K sqft, for $450K about a year ago. From what we can gather

The East Kensington Neighbors Association (EKNA) partnered with the Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation to work together to renew East Kensington through new and protected green spaces. Since East Kensington has about 6K people and no public green space (1 in 5 lots are vacant,), an effort this significant in

Between running a record label and a development company, David Grasso was kind enough to take a moment and send us the renderings for his contested 7,600-square-foot music venue on Richmond and Beach Streets next to 95 in Kensington. Live Nation will operate the 3,000-person-capacity live theater/concert space if city

For Viking Mill, Little Berlin and Emerald St. Urban Farm (Patrick Dunn's project, the same guy behind Marathon Farm), a vacant lot in East Kensington is a place of possibilities, not a space for dead grass and remnants of its prior occupant. These three organizations are collaborating in an effort to