In Francisville

13th Street, Green Street, and Ridge Avenue together form a triangle that's located within spitting distance of the still-blighted Divine Lorraine. For over a hundred years, we'd wager, a building has stood on this lot at 1244 Ridge Ave., though its better days are clearly many years in the past.

Last fall, we brought you to little Capitol Street to check out a new residential project. Located just west of 20th St. and accessible from Fairmount Ave., Capitol disappears after two blocks, apparently never to return (though we confess we stopped looking at Chelten Ave.). Today, we return to this

Now that 19th Street has seen recent improvements in separate projects near Poplar and Ginnodo Streets, and along the 1900 block of Brown Street where two single family homes are being constructed on opposite sides of the block, as well as a four home project planned for 19th & Brown,

Last month, we told you about a single duplex under construction at 1743 Cambridge St., on a block that's got more vacant land than homes. Today, we return to this block, not only to update you on the state of this project but also to fill you in on a

It may not be as exciting as the four-story mixed-use development currently being built a block away at 19th & Fairmount, but a six-unit residential project is set to go up in short order at the corner of 18th & Olive in Francisville. A couple of weeks ago, the ZBA

When we last checked in on the 800 block of Opal Street in January, two new homes separated by a garage had just been framed out. In case you've forgotten, these homes were designed by David Traub Architects and were inspired by the Schmidt’s carriage house a couple of blocks away on Cambridge

In Francisville, development around 19th & Poplar over the past couple of years has had a transformative effect on the surrounding neighborhood. To name just a couple, projects like a ten-home development on Ginnodo Street and a 35-unit development that replaced several vacant structures have helped contribute toward making this area into an up

When we last checked in on the northeast corner of 19th & Fairmount, we noted that Noam Chomsky looked concerned as he prepared to be covered by a new building. At that time, developers had just broken ground at this site, where they would soon be constructing a building with

We've mentioned so much development around the intersection of 19th & Poplar, it's hard to keep track of all the projects taking place or in the pipeline. We were in the area the other day and were reminded of a project we first told you about almost a year ago

Way back in the fall of 2011, we told you about a six-unit project going up near the corner of 17th & Cambridge in Francisville. At the time, we commented that the project seemed to be moving rather slowly, having received zoning approvals back in the middle of 2010. Well,