In Fishtown

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.

Harriett's Bookshop at 258 E. Girard Ave. has quickly become a staple of the neighborhood - and the city. Opened by educator/business owner/activist Jeannine Cook literally weeks before the pandemic shut down the world in early 2020, this mission-driven shop - named after renowned abolitionist Harriet Tubman - rode those

If you've been through the Riverwards at any time over the last several years, you might have noticed some of the extensive construction taking place along I-95, which cuts through the eastern edge of the neighborhood. Now that the highway construction is finished, however, we keep finding ourselves winding our

We sure have been busy along the east side of the City, especially along the central part of the Delaware River Waterfront, which is currently experiencing a huge wave of development. We covered many of these projects recently as we made our way through a development tour of the area,

Real estate development can be a touchy subject at times, as people have wildly different opinions regarding density, parking, architecture, affordability, and so forth. Whatever your position on one of these subjects, there's definitely someone out there who thinks you are the biggest fool on the planet. But there's one

While development abounds in all directions from the prominent corner at Frankford & Girard at the beating heart of Fishtown, things along the north side of Girard have been a bit suboptimal in terms of retail near this intersection. While the modern multi-family development at 17 W. Girard Ave. is