In Francisville

Back in April of 2012, we passed along the news that a new dining establishment would be coming to 689-95 N Broad St., a former auto tag place. At that time, we had no idea what kind of business was seeking a variance for a take-out restaurant with outdoor seating,

When we last took a peek at the new building on the northeast corner of 19th & Fairmount, the first three stories had just been framed out. Three plus months later, the building is fully framed to all four stories, the windows are in, and the bricks have nearly finished

Just east of Broad Street, we were surprised and also not surprised to find new construction in the form of a two-story addition being built onto an existing one-story building on the northeast corner of Poplar & Watts.

The addition at 1335-37 Poplar St. will create two apartments above an existing

When we last checked in on the 700 block of N. 20th Street in Francisville, developers were demolishing a blighted and vacant property, formerly of the PHA, and accidentally damaged the roof of the liquor store on Fairmount Avenue. Since then, the developers have finished the demolition job and built

We've produced a veritable deluge of words about the intersection of 19th & Poplar, clogging your minds with information about four large projects that surround the intersection. It should come as absolutely no surprise then, that more development is coming to the area, just a little farther north. Easy to

It's probable you've never heard of Swain Street. For the uninitiated, Swain is an east-west street that runs between Brown Street and Fairmount Avenue. It starts in Francisville at 15th Street and disappears at 17th Street, only to resume for a couple of blocks in the Fairmount neighborhood. There are

Last week, we checked in on three projects at varying stages of completion on 16th Street in Francisville. Today, we turn our attention to the southwest corner of 15th & Ogden, just a block away. Back in January, we first told you about plans for two homes on this vacant

A couple of weeks ago, an article in the Daily News attempted to tackle the tensions that have arisen in Francisville with the number of new residents that have arrived in the neighborhood in recent years. And it's with an eye toward attempting to defuse some of those tensions that several

Dodging the raindrops (with mixed results) yesterday, we spotted three different projects within a block of each other in Francisville. The three each come from different developers, and are all at different stages of completion. Let's start with the homes closest to being finished, which we've already told you about

When we last checked in on the 35-unit development at 19th & Poplar, the second phase of homes were being framed out, and a large cigarette ad was being used as sheathing. We were in the area the other day and the cigarette ad is gone and construction on the