In Fishtown

We sure have been spending a lot of time lately near I-95 in Fishtown, as proposals, potential and on-going construction have caught our attention on a regular basis. Most of this has been happening on the Delaware River side of the interstate, but today we are jumping back over to

Frankford Ave., one of the bustling commercial corridors of Fishtown, has undergone a multitude of changes as it has transitioned to a mixed-use neighborhood over the last decade or so. 1324 Frankford Ave., which just happens to double as homebase for Naked Philly, is one such project that has changed

We've had a good run lately of stopping by paused proposal sites and having them magically move forward soon after. Let's add 1212-16 Delaware Ave. to the mix, after we stopped by here when admiring the potential around a project immediately to the south. Sitting on a little sliver of

In just the few years of its existence, the Delaware River Trail has changed the city's eastern waterfront wildly, with its 3+ mile stretch in the heart of town creating a place for all types of activity. However, the southern terminus around Pier 68 and the northern terminus at Penn Treaty

While we were in Fishtown the other day, taking in the construction progress happening close to the waterfront, we got greedy. Even with steel rising on large projects on either side of us, we couldn't help but think "what if" when we glanced around the area. In fact, there are

After recently admiring the now-and-future streetwall for a project that since got an even larger presence, we were taken aback when we visited the bustling corner of Frankford & Delaware Ave. to see the view looking north already looking different. We alluded to two projects and offered some ghost massings,

There's little to be said about Fishtown that hasn't been said a million times before. Since the inception of this blog a dozen years ago, this area has transitioned from working class neighborhood to the hippest part of town, thanks to the charming scale and multiple commercial corridors slicing through

The sales market in Philly - especially when it comes to luxury homes/condos - has certainly taken a step back over the course of this year. With high interest rates and a settling of the post-COVID world, the rapid surge of sales tied to these tandem phenomena has cooled over

As if we haven't been busy enough on the southern end of Frankford Ave., where different projects and potential streetscape improvements are hurtling our way, we have even more good news for a project that we checked in on last fall. The project at 1000-10 N. Delaware Ave. is now

For as much as Fishtown has been a development hotbed over the last 10+ years, there are still spots that are due for some major changes. One such location is the southern end of Frankford Ave., which connects the heart of the neighborhood to the Delaware River Trail and beyond.