In Fishtown

Well this is something different. Just about every construction project we cover involves a developer buying some land, building a building of some kind, and moving forward with an effort to either sell or rent out the property. But at 1506-08 E. Palmer St., that's not what's happening at all.

610 Belgrade St. was listed for sale at the end of 2014, finally selling a year later for $155K.View in the pastMany investors surely looked at the property, tempted by the extra-wide 24'x60' lot that would have beautifully accommodated a new construction three-unit condo building, but for the fact that

We've discovered a new hole in the ground at 512 E. Girard Ave., just a couple blocks away from a less than perfect addition that we covered yesterday. This property previously looked kind of rough, with a vacant lot at the corner of Eyre Street, a one-story garage next door

Remember the Princess Diaries story about the former auto supply store at the corner of Marlborough Street & E. Girard Avenue? This business occupied the building for many years, painting the bricks white and covering the window openings with plywood. Then the building changed hands in 2013 and took off its

We spied construction at 2318 E. York St. a couple of months back but didn't understand what the project entailed. A commenter quickly straightened us out, explaining that it was a nine unit condo development from Postgreen Homes called Arbor House. For those unfamiliar with Postgreen, they've done numerous projects in Fishtown,

Medusa Pizza opened its doors about a month ago at the corner of E York & Gaul, adding to Fishtown's embarrassment of pizza riches. We first told you about this project almost three years ago, when we shared the news that a red warehouse that most recently housed a meat

The last time we visited the 2400 block of Frankford Avenue was about half a year ago, when we told you about three new buildings on the block. The most unique of those new buildings is now getting a new neighbor, or at the very least there's a new hole

A hundred years ago, when land wasn't so valuable and little homes were somehow much more practical, it was a fairly common practice in the River Wards to build small homes on large lots, a little set back from the sidewalk. We see homes like this in just about every

Perhaps you've noticed ongoing construction over the last several months at the intersection of Frankford & Montgomery Avenues. This property was actually larger than you might suspect at first glance, as it included not only a large vacant lot with frontage on Frankford Avenue, but also a former church on

You may recall that last week, we told you about plans for a big new mixed-use building at 1405 Frankford Ave. and predicted a fun community meeting on June 21st. We weren't able to make it to the meeting, but it was apparently a doozy. Between a thread on Fishtown.us,