In East Kensington

Shortly after we posted our story about 2011 Amber St. yesterday, the good people from KJO Architecture reached out to give us some more information about the project. A refresher, the property currently looks like this:Current viewA project has been in the works for this property for quite some time,

Developers have gone back to the drawing board and now they're giving it another shot at 2011 Amber St. in East Kensington. A few months back, we told you about a two-pronged plan for this property to 1) convert a structure that looks like it was once an auto garage into

The 2500 block of Kern Street is seeing some changes and there are more on the way. Actually, we're being a little more specific than is needed, since it seems that the 2500 block makes up the entirety of Kern Street. So let's start again.Have you heard of Kern Street?

Development has claimed another victim in East Kensington, and this time it's a vacant lot on the 2400 block of Coral Street. This isn't our first visit to this block- when we last visited about a year and a half ago, we spied three homes under construction from BMK Homes

A couple months back, we brought construction activity at 2568 Frankford Ave. to your attention, happily noting that another long-vacant Frankford Avenue lot was turning over. In case you forgot, this building will include ground-floor retail space and two apartment units. When we were here last, it was a hole

One of the corners of Coral & Fletcher has seriously seen its share of changes over the last few years. Turning back the clock to 2011, there was a single home and six vacant lots here. The home and two of the lots were privately owned and the four at

The lower sections of East Kensington have seen remarkable development activity in the last few years, and now the megalots on the other side of Emerald Street are starting to get in on the act. A couple of months ago, we told you about Boston Court, an eight home project

Maybe a week ago, on our way to get some pho from Thang Long on Kensington Avenue, we spied some new construction on the 1900 block of E. Cumberland Street, about a block away. For quite some time, 1908 and 1910 E. Cumberland St. have been vacant. But developers from

As East Kensington continues to see development on through streets like Amber and Coral, the side streets are also getting in on the act. We were meandering around the neighborhood last week and noticed some action on E. Letterly Street between Amber and Coral. A new home at 2084 E.

Despite all the growth that Frankford Avenue has seen in recent years, many vacancies still remain. If we may generalize- the farther you get from Girard and the closer you get to Lehigh, the more vacant lots and retail spaces you'll see. But there are positive signs for the further