In Francisville

In Francisville, 20th Street Properties LLC has been capitalizing on widespread redevelopment by purchasing and razing vacant properties and building new homes on the same lots. They've been buying up many of these properties from PHA and as such have been contributing to the transformation that has swept Francisville the

A reader tipped us off the other day that a foundation has appeared at a long vacant lot at the southwest corner of Uber & Brown. This corner has been vacant for quite some time, and we understand a single family home will soon be rising here.

The parcel was purchased

For years, a large vacant lot could be found on the northeast corner of 19th & Fairmount, accompanied by a mural featuring Noam Chomsky. A little less than a year ago, construction began on a new mixed-use building that would feature a large commercial space, fifteen rental apartments, and seven onsite

Over the last year or so, one intersection in Francisville has provided us with so much material we ought award it the Naked Philly MVP. But all good things must come to an end, as now a whole fistful of projects focused around the vortex of 19th & Poplar have

We were in the area just last week and spotted some new construction on the 1500 block of Poplar Street. As you might expect, we went right to the L&I Map to see what we could learn about this new development, which is replacing a vacant lot.

The permits that have

We last visited little Capitol Street back in July, when we told you about a completed project on the 700 block, along with an in-progress project and a coming soon project on the 800 block. We were back on the 800 block earlier this week thanks to a tip from

Over the summer, while running through a collection of development updates in Francisville, we briefly turned our attention to a long-vacant lot on the southeast corner of 16th & Ogden which was finally seeing progress with the construction of a single triplex after a much larger development had apparently stalled

Last year, developers demolished a one-story home on 19th Street in Francisville and replaced it with a three story duplex. The project caused a stir in the neighborhood in a way that you might not expect unless you visited the block in question. See, this entire block was razed and

Yesterday, officials cut the ribbon on the newly renovated Francisville Playground at Wylie & Cameron. This regularly-used play space for neighborhood kids had been in need of a little love for quite some time, and $250K later it's been improved considerably.

According to a press release, the renovations included new play

About six weeks ago, when we last visited the 1600 block of Ogden Street, Citi Properties LLC was in the process of building two duplexes here. In case you can't picture it, this block is all vacant lots on the south side of the street, and has plenty of vacancy