In Francisville

Last month, we updated you on the large, mixed-use project going up at the corner of 19th & Poplar, in Francisville. At that time, about half of the homes in the development looked nearly complete on the outside, with framing underway on additional units.

A reader checked in the other day,

Back in the summer of 2011, we told you that the Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale would be making a move from their home in a building on the edge of Drexel's campus to a repurposed warehouse building on the 1500 block of Parrish Street. At the time, it seemed like a nice addition

Most Francisville residents are familiar with the Bell Telephone Company Exchange building at 17th & Poplar. The tall, skinny building stands in complete contrast to just about everything that surrounds it, and doesn't really have a good analog around town that immediately comes to mind. For decades, the building sat

Along North Broad Street, things are looking better than they have in decades, and more changes are coming. There’s construction near Temple, numerous condo and apartment conversions, and the award-winning Osteria. It’s as if Broad Street blight, once as rampant as morning traffic, has become a Broad Street boom.

The west side of the 800

Over a year ago, we could swear that we attended a Francisville community meeting where a project was presented for the vacant southwest corner of 15th & Ogden. If that did, in fact, occur, then it seems that plans have changed for this spot, as a reader just tipped us

You've probably never heard of Winding Roses Park, even if you live in Francisville, where it's located. According to a Daily News article, the park was established in the 1990s and used by neighbors to celebrate happy occasions or to gather to mourn loved ones lost. Its use has declined

A reader checked in the other day, wondering about a recent demolition of a long blighted home on 20th St., just north of Fairmount. Turns out, we told you that this was going to happen to 735 N 20th St. about a month ago.

Back in December, when we pointed out

When we last checked in on the 800 block of Opal Street in June, foundations were being dug for two new homes with a garage in the middle. We were in the area yesterday and the construction has definitely progressed.

As we told you back then, these homes were designed by

It's been a few months since we last checked in at 19th & Poplar, on the giant 35-unit project we first told you about over the summer. At that time, demolition was taking place on the site. In September, there was framing taking place. Today, the project looks to be

A triangular building located at 1722 Ridge Ave. has confounded us for quite some time. A reader recently reminded us about it, and we felt compelled to try to learn what we could about the history of this little spot.

The lot upon which this building sits is created by the