We've visited the 1500 block of Manton Street in Point Breeze a few times over the years, most recently to tell you about a DIY mural on some plywood covering the front of a vacant home on the block. Passing by today, it looks like the plywood might fall off at any minute. Anyone nearby have a finish nailer?
Across the street, there's a new home under construction and two more homes on the way. 1532 Manton St. has been framed out and guys were working on the site today. The parcel changed hands last year and the developer is putting up a new three story home. We suspect it will sell for over $350K, like 1501 Manton St. down the street. There's another vacant lot right next door that's owned by another party, but no permits have been pulled of late so we don't know that anything will be happening there anytime soon.
Further east, two zoning notices have been posted recently.
New construction three story homes have been proposed for these lots, which have been owned by the City for many years. The lots were listed for sale at Philly Land Works, and OCF Holdings will be the developer. The proposed homes will go before the ZBA later this month and if approved, will fill in two long-vacant holes in the block. Hopefully, all the development on the block will inspire the party that owns the plywood-covered home pictured above to either fix it up or sell it off. Maybe new owners would even agree to a mural on the front of the building that someday rises there.