In Northern Liberties

We've seen our share of shows at The Fire at 410-412 W. Girard Ave. over the years, though we confess we haven't set foot inside for quite some time. The famed establishment spans two buildings, with one of the rooms containing a traditional neighborhood bar and the other side featuring

When we recommended that you attend the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association 40th anniversary celebration a couple weeks back, it wasn't simply because of the significance of the milestone for this organization that's done so much for its community. The free food and booze, while certainly a draw, were also not

Community groups are the straw that stirs the drink in many neighborhoods, providing services to residents, organizing cleanups, and dealing with all of the aggravation that zoning meetings entail. This and more could certainly be said about the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association, which will be celebrating its 40th anniversary tonight

For the property at 312-330 Fairmount Ave., the last few years have been something of a roller coaster ride. In the spring of 2014, developers presented plans to the community to demolish the collection of warehouses on the site and build a 108-unit apartment building in their place. The Northern Liberties Neighbors Association had

There's a triangular parcel that's created by the intersections of Germantown Avenue, Pollard Street, and Front Street/I-95 that's been seeing some serious development activity over the last year or so. We actually told you about plans for 1007-1013 Germantown Ave. a couple years back, when the property was sitting vacant,

If somebody asked you what comes to mind when you think of the 700 block of W. Girard Ave., you'd probably have to mull over the question for a minute, then grab your phone for assistance, before realizing that the original Tiffin makes its home on that block. If you're into

Back in November of 2015, news broke that one of the most prominent empty lots in Northern Liberties, officially addressed as 1002 N. 2nd St., was finally being sold to a developer after serving as a lot that was occasionally used for parking. This lot is right across the street

Last fall, we told you about plans from Callahan Ward for five new homes for 309-311 Green St., a Tetris-shaped parcel with minimal frontage on Green Street, despite the address. The homes, designed by Interface Studio Architects, represented an upgrade for this property, which had been sitting vacant for many years.

We've commented a few times that the new Penn Herb building is essentially the gateway into Northern Liberties, and we therefore wish it were a little taller and more striking architecturally. The flaw to our argument is that Penn Herb isn't actually the gateway to the neighborhood since you have

Last week, we told you about plans for forty three new homes at 600 N. 5th St., but we were a little short on details. A commenter was kind enough to point out that this project will be going to Civic Design Review today, and the developers have therefore produced