In Brewerytown

We were zipping around Brewerytown the other day, sniffing out some leads, when some recent demolition caught our attention at the southeast corner of 30th & Thompson. We've written about this property several times in the past, first in the summer of 2013, when we learned it was changing hands and

For whatever reason, we tend to take 27th Street to get to Brewerytown. Our landmark for entering the neighborhood is the enormous vacant lot that stretches almost from Polar Street to Girard Avenue, and also a somewhat unusual looking home on the west side of the street. We wrote about 924

Access to booze is reorganizing in Brewerytown, and MM Partners is unsurprisingly right in the middle of the action. Remember, last year they purchased 2511 W. Girard Ave., the building that was home for many years to a Fine Wine & Good Spirits location. That space became superfluous when a new state store opened on

Westrum Development Company was way ahead of the curve in Brewerytown, building an entire square block of homes on the 3100 blocks of Thompson and Master Streets over a decade ago, seemingly planning for a neighborhood on the rise. Change didn't come as quickly as expected, and the economic downturn of

The Brewerytown boom continues, with 26th Street now getting in on the act. A reader tipped us off about some zoning notices posted at 1214 N. 26th St., a large property that's hit a bit of a rough patch in recent memory. If we turn back the clock just a few

Developers completed a renovation of the Eastern building last year, and it's been a revelation. Previously, this building, located at the intersection of 30th Street, Cecil B. Moore Avenue, and Glenwood Avenue, was sitting vacant and looking awful for many years. Thankfully, developers were able to preserve the building's bones

When we got an email the other day about an upcoming Fairmount Civic Association meeting for a project on the 2600 block of Girard, our hearts soared with hope that the huge lot between Taney and 27th was finally getting developed after many years of vacancy. You may recall, we told you

The Brewerytown Garden, located at the corner of 27th & Master, is one of the more successful community garden spaces we can think of, offhand. The garden was initially established like half a dozen years ago as Marathon Garden, a farm to table operation associated with Marathon Grill. By 2015, Marathon was

The SRC voted to close down about two dozen public schools back in 2013, and as the wheels of bureaucracy slowly turn, those school buildings are starting to come back to life. A couple weeks ago, at a community meeting in Brewerytown, neighbors learned about a plan to repurpose the shuttered John

It's been a little while since we last checked in on the 3000 block of W. Stiles Street, as our last visit came over three years ago when we told you about a quartet of homes that were getting renovated. Like many others in Brewerytown, this block has been trending up in