In East Falls

We had an errand to run in Chestnut Hill the other day, and figured we'd take the scenic route, taking Germantown Avenue through Mount Airy. We confess, we don't find ourselves in this area all that often, but we suspect we'll be spending more time in these parts moving forward,

Most of our development coverage is tilted toward greater Center City, in case you haven't noticed, and it's for good reason. First, we know that most of our readers are located in or near downtown, and we want to give the people what they want. Also, the city as a

There's a new project in the works at 4401 Ridge Ave., an address that we confess we didn't really think of as having redevelopment potential. Don't get us wrong, the location is great, as it's steps away from the Schuylkill River, about a block from the bottom of Midvale Avenue,

Last spring we reported on three houses under construction on the 6600 block of Lincoln Drive, all on the grounds of the Nichols-Goering House. Said mansion is a relatively recent addition to the local historic register, “a representation of Colonial Revival architectural style.” This is a good time to mention

A reader reached out the other day and drew our attention to three homes currently under construction on Lincoln Drive, in Mount Airy. Granted, this is a little out of our typical geographic scope- but hey, the ZBA has been closed for a month and a half and hardly any construction

Riverside living has been desirable from time immemorial, though nowadays in Philadelphia it's all about views and recreation, not access to drinking water. People want to live near the water, and they're willing to pay a premium for the privilege, as we've seen of late with the wildly expensive One Riverside condo building. Due to

As we were scanning the ZBA calendar for this week, a project at 4001-07 Ridge Ave. caught our eye. The property, which sits between East Falls and Allegheny West, is pretty large, with over 11K sqft of space, and the vast majority of the property has been sitting as vacant land

The last few years have brought major changes to 4328-44 Ridge Ave., a property that we first told you about almost exactly three years ago. At the time, the property was listed for sale for $1.5M and we were hopeful that a developer would buy the 42K sqft lot and build something "big,

We admit, we don't make our way up to East Falls, Manayunk, or Roxborough as often as we'd like, call it an occupational hazard of working out of Center City. But every now and then, especially with a juicy tip in hand, we'll find our way to that part of

Inspired by a reader tip, we took a trip up to the beautiful riverside neighborhood of East Falls the other week. 3460 Midvale Ave. was once the property of Redeemer Lutheran Church, which was closed after a sad and politically messy property rights battle between the congregation and the Lutheran Synod