In Fishtown

It's hard to imagine, but the Delaware waterfront was once a massive industrial hub, home to factories, warehouses, shipping concerns, and so forth. Just about all the industry is now gone from the waterfront in the areas around Center City, though vestiges of this industrial history have hung around for

As you've probably noticed, Fishtown and Kensington have experienced some radical changes over the last dozen or so years, with Frankford Avenue being the engine driving the proverbial development train. These days, the Frankford Avenue commercial corridor is one of the most exciting and vibrant in the city, offering a

We've been covering the Northbank project for a few years now, tracking its progress and also noting its evolution in real time. For example, the initial phase 1 plans called for 4 apartment buildings, joined by homes and duplexes. Over time, the developers eliminated two of the apartment buildings, then

Fishtown's "entertainment district" at the south terminus of Frankford Ave. is one of the more interesting areas we can think of from a development standpoint. The area's past consisted of mostly industrial uses, with a few of the buildings and businesses holding on to this day. The Fillmore complex adaptively-reuses

While we recently swung by the corner of N. Front St. & Cecil B. Moore for a video check-in on the construction progress at the intersection, we thought it was high time for a written update, since it's been about a year-and-a-half. Home to the beloved International Bar, Fishtown Plaza

After making our way around the southern tip of Frankford Ave., we decided to take a stroll a few blocks north of Naked Philly's super-secret Fishtown HQ to check out the happenings there. As one might expect, there's plenty in the works, but today we draw our eyes toward several

It seems wild, but it was just over a year ago when we made a development journey to check on the action in what we dubbed Lower Fishtown. We've visited a few of those projects since then, but it seemed time to check on what was happening along Frankford Ave.,

The intersection of Front & Girard in Fishtown is one of the more chaotic corners in the entire city. With the overhead tracks and MFL station paired with the mayhem of traffic and pedestrians, this isn't exactly a spot where you're going to find a deep sense of relaxation. And

Sometimes, the projects we cover make all the sense in the world, with understandable steps leading to a concept that one would reasonably expect. And then there are projects that...don't. For a range of reasons, real estate transactions and development can be difficult to parse out, especially with limited available

When we walk out of the front door of our Fishtown office, it is impossible to miss 1359 Frankford Ave. rising just across the street. Previously a fenced off surface parking lot, plans have been in the works here for several years, with our latest check-in early last year when