In East Kensington

An adaptive reuse project in East Kensington is moving forward, and it's made pretty good progress since our last visit. You may recall, we covered 1838-42 E. Huntingdon St. last November, when developers were undertaking some interior demolition in a circa-1950s industrial building that was originally constructed for a glass

While Philly is known for its quaint, historically paved streets in areas like Germantown and Society Hill, Trenton Ave. in East Kensington is one of the widest examples of a granite block street we can think of. Formerly home to a rail line that took the goods produced in this

It was just last week that we found ourselves at the intersection of Frankford Ave., Lehigh Ave., and Coral St. at the tippy top of East Kensington. As we were checking on the Coral House rising on what was once a surface parking lot, we mentioned the shuttered Kensington Community

The intersection of Frankford & Lehigh Ave. has been a frequent stop on our development travels over the years. With Kensington Courts and the Penn Reading now complete on the east side of Frankford Ave., we turn our gaze towards the western side of the busy road. When looking down

When checking out the friendly facade of a future project along the 1900 block of E. Huntingdon St., we strolled further NW along the 1800 block, in the direction of the El. Much like this recent proposal, there are actually two former industrial buildings that have their eyes set on

Within the real estate development world, there aren't too many instances when things are truly funny. The "laugh to keep from crying" approach tends to come in handy, as permitting, supply chain, upset neighbors and the like can inject some chaos into the process that can lead to the above

For serving as the nexus of several neighborhoods and two of the major roads in the area, the intersection of Frankford & Lehigh doesn't feel very dramatic. It wasn't until just a few years back that the large Kensington Courts complex joined the corner, which also includes a gas station,

While checking on the now-demo'ed Galvo the other day, we couldn't help but peer through the fence at a former neighborhood staple. We last checked in back in 2021, when a trio of homes were under construction across the street from the horticultural cornerstone, Greensgrow Farm. While the homes are

It was almost exactly a year ago that we checked in at 2406 Frankford Ave., just to the north of the Fishtown Roundabout. We obviously enjoy a good roundabout, and we were checking on a project that was slated to rise near numerous other projects which were in various stages of

While Fishtown and East Kensington continue to fill in, development keeps pushing further and further north, with Lehigh Ave. forming a natural border to the neighborhoods to the north. At 2654 Coral St., right near the busy corner of Frankford & Lehigh, the building party continues at the site of