In Francisville

Last week, we told you about four vacant buildings on the 1500 block of Ridge Ave. that had recently received Doors & Windows violations notices. Today, we bring another such property to your attention, this time closer to Girard Ave.

1800-08 Ridge Ave. is a beautiful hulk of a building, with

A reader gave us the heads up about new Doors & Windows violations going up at 1524-30 Ridge Ave., in Francisville. The fact that these buildings are blighted is particularly notable, as they're on one of the blocks of Ridge in this neighborhood that has more buildings than vacant land.

The

With the unbelievable number of student housing developments going on in the area surrounding Temple University, it was only a matter of time before a project clearly targeting Temple students crossed Girard Avenue into Francisville. And after getting zoning approval last month, it seems that a sixteen-unit student housing development

At the risk of sounding redundant, we’ve got two Francisville updates for you regarding two projects close enough to one another for any high-school starting third basemen to heave a ball between the two.

The first, is 1900 Poplar Street, a project from TBM Group. What was last summer a large stone

The area around 19th and Poplar, just south of Girard Avenue, has opened our eyes to some blighted properties around the multitude of new projects. These vacant structures stand in stark contrast to the development going on in the area.

Like this abandoned thinly triangular shaped three-story brick structure on Ridge

Oh, Francisville. Every time we turn around, it seems like some rehab or new construction project is getting started. This summer we’ve brought you a number of Francisville posts, many centered around the 19th & Poplar intersection.

These posts have included a 10-home project at Ginnodo and Ridge, a major mixed-use project at 19th

A reader gave us the heads up that some old, abandoned looked buildings were on the outs on the corner of 16th & Ridge, so we headed over to check it out. Turns out they weren't kidding. We indeed found a pile of rubble when we arrived on the scene.

According

Three weeks ago, we told you about the latest proposed project near 19th & Poplar, four duplexes plus parking a little to the north of the intersection. This project, of course, is in addition to a half-dozen other projects we've told you about in this immediate area, all of which

Right near a corner that's become a hotbed of development in the Francisville neighborhood, another project is on the horizon. 910-918 N 19th St. currently features a blighted building owned by PHA and some overgrown trees, but in the near future it could contain four new buildings with eight units, and parking

In January, we told you about the beginnings of foundations on the 1500 block of Ogden Street. While the 1400 and 1600 blocks of this street are largely vacant, primed for redevelopment, this block has several existing properties. Two more four story buildings have risen this year, as you can