In Francisville

A neighbor spotting a zoning application at 827 Corinthian Ave. and asked us to find out what's going on here. Just a block north of the Eastern State Penitentiary, this block sports beautiful three story brownstones, many of which appear to have been very well maintained over the years.

Considering this

Over the last couple of months, we've told you about two rather large projects in close proximity to one another in Francisville, and figured it would be nice to provide some updates.

One project, at the corner of 19th and Poplar Sts., involves five duplexes replacing a church that was torn down

Last week, we gave you the heads up about a proposed mixed-use development at the corner of 19th and Fairmount Ave., currently a vacant lot with a lovely Noam Chomsky mural. On Monday, neighbors in the Francisville neighborhood voted to support this project. Looking at this thread on Philadelphia Speaks,

A reader email gave us the heads up about an upcoming development on the northeast corner of 19th & Fairmount, and the zoning signs went up this week. This vacant lot, 1833-39 Fairmount Ave., had been owned by the Spring Garden CDC for over a decade, until it was purchased

For those of you who haven't spent much time in Francisville, it's not as confusing as it first seems. But it's still not simple to get around. At least not for those of us who have grown accustomed to the friendly grid found in much of Philadelphia, with its predictable

Yesterday, we gave you the heads up about ten new homes in the early stages of construction on a lot that once was the site of the Ridge Avenue Farmers Market. At that time, we wondered whether the homes would extend all the way to Ridge Ave., ruining the potential

The other day, we spotted some earth being moved, a hole being dug, and what looked to the untrained eye like a sandcastle in progress on Ginnodo St. in Francisville. From the looks of it, we guessed that two houses would soon be rising on these lots, surrounded on both

According to the zoning docket, 924 North 15th Street LLC is planning on developing 924 N 15th St. (shocking, right?). This project, just a few blocks north of the development we just told you about earlier today, marks yet another vacant lot in Francisville that's getting filled in with new

We've talked about this intersection before. We told you about the five duplexes that will be replacing the demolished American Methodist Episcopal Zionist Church on the southwest corner (footers are in as of last week). We fantasized about the development opportunity on the northwest corner, where an underused post office could

In November, we told you about the ongoing construction at 838-840 N. 20th St., where Dottie Properties LLC was replacing an overgrown vacant lot with a pair of single family homes. Let's take a walk down memory lane, shall we?

As you might imagine, both homes have been completed in the past few