We always thought the strip mall on the northeast corner of 2nd and Christian was out of place among the otherwise pedestrian friendly neighborhood of Queen Village. The low-rise building and surface parking lot never made much sense to us on such a large, commercial mixed-use site. However, with 711 (and at one time WaWa) Read more about 28 Units Planned on Site of Queen Village Strip Mall[…]
The historic former Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church at 1001 S. 4th St. was most recently the home of the Chua Bo De Buddhist Temple. The Chua Bo De Buddhist Temple received criticism for selling the 17,290 square foot Residential Multi-Family-2 (RM-2) zoned property to developers in January of 2019 for $1.675 million. From the looks Read more about South Philly Church is Getting Converted into 40 Residential Units[…]
The RSA-5 zoned lot at 3rd and Christian in Queen Village has sat vacant for as long as we can remember. The lot was once much bigger. However, developers built 20 townhomes on the southern portion of the parcel in 2011. In 2015, we saw the owners consolidate 9 deeded lots into 2 lots. The Read more about 33 Unit Building Proposed for Vacant Lot in Queen Village[…]