Just to the west of the much loved Liberty Lands Park (which was once the home of the Burk Brothers Tannery) in Northern Liberties, we have seen multiple old industrial buildings demolished over the last 15 years and replaced by modern residential buildings. 952 North 3rd St. is the most recent example of this. Around Read more about 29-Unit Building Rising in Northern Liberties[…]
The 4200 block of Chestnut Street and surrounding area is booming with new construction with several more proposals in the pipeline. We told you about the 278-unit project replacing the Christ Memorial Reformed Episcopal Church at 43rd and Chestnut St. back in 2019. That project is now nearing completion. A 102-unit, mixed-use project is planned Read more about 100-Unit Project Planned in West Philly[…]
Back in January, we told you that developers were planning on building a 97-unit, mixed-use building on the site of the 711 in Fishtown at 23 W. Girard Avenue. At that time, we didn’t have much information about the plans. Now, we have renderings and more details about the development, which has grown in unit Read more about Plans for 107-Unit Fishtown 7-Eleven Project Released[…]
North Broad Street continues to rise. We’ve told you about several large, mixed-use projects that have broken ground and have been proposed over the last several years. Check out our Map Page to see all of those articles. One of the most underbuilt sections of North Broad Street is its intersection with Girard Avenue. The Read more about 160-Unit Building to Replace CVS at Broad and Girard[…]
The long-ignored North Front St. corridor in Fishtown continues to see new projects proposed and developed. Until the last five or so years, developers and commercial operators steered clear of Front St. and instead focused on Frankford Avenue and Girard Avenue. Over the last five years, though, Front Street has been on a tear. Multiple Read more about 70-Unit Project Planned in Fishtown on Front Street[…]
We’ve told you about a ton of projects that are underway and in the pipeline on North 2nd St. in Kensington north of Girard Avenue all the way past York Street. When you cross over Berks Street, this strip has an industrial vibe with a bunch of auto repair shops calling 2nd St. home. With Read more about 33 Units + Fresh Food Market to Replace Auto Repair Shop in Kensington[…]
Every time we’ve passed by the horse stable at Hancock St. and Cecil B. Moore Ave. in recent years, we’ve wondered when the large piece of land that was formerly part of the Keystone Knitting Mills would get developed. A place to keep horses and carriages just does not seem appropriate anymore in an area Read more about 110 Units + Retail Proposed on Site of Kensington Horse Stable[…]
The gas station at 244-58 N. 2nd St. in Old City doesn’t seem to be serving too much gasoline these days. The pumps have been removed and the property is now being used strictly as an auto body shop. It looks like the low-rise building and surface parking lot that make up the gas station Read more about 11 Townhomes Planned for Old City Gas Station Property[…]
Back in January, the Philadelphia Warehousing and Cold Storage Company building at 500 N. Christopher Columbus Blvd. was designated to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places after being nominated by The Keeping Society of Philadelphia. The parcel that the historic structure sits on is much larger than the footprint of the warehouse itself and it Read more about 62-Unit, Mixed-Use Project Planned at Delaware Ave. & Spring Garden St.[…]
Over the last several years, there has been a huge preservation controversy in Philadelphia involving Toll Brothers’ demolition of 4 buildings on the 700 block of Sansom St. on Jewelers’ Row. Toll Brothers already demolished the building and has plans to build a 329 foot tall, 63-unit condominium building on the site. The project seems Read more about Permits Issued for 42-Unit Building on Jewelers’ Row, Demolition of Buildings Currently on Site[…]