In Northern Liberties

If you drive from river to river on Poplar Street, you can see redevelopment trends across various Philadelphia neighborhoods. In Northern Liberties, Front & Poplar was mostly open space as recently as a few years ago, but is now mostly new residential units. In Francisville, at 19th & Poplar, nearly the entire

The 700 block of Front Street has seen some big changes in the last couple of years. And there's more coming.First, we told you last spring about plans for four new homes on the northwest corner of Front & Fairmount. This site had been a community garden for quite some

Remember the 800 block of N. Leithgow Street in Northern Liberties? A few years back, we visited this little block, noting a bunch of development nearby. We also noted that a tree was growing out of the middle of the street, something you certainly don't see every day.In the pastThe

We're fairly confident that 611 N. 2nd St. was once a fire station, but it hasn't been used as such for quite some time. Instead, the building has been used by the fire department for storage and as a counseling center. So it wasn't a huge surprise to learn that

Immediately next door to the vacant lot that was once home to the Ortelibs Brewery at 3rd & Poplar, nine four-story homes have risen. These luxury units mark another stroke of the bell in the changing face of Northern Liberties from industrial to residential.We first told you when plows began

It was a return Saturday morning visit to Kaplans Bakery at 3rd & Poplar for a cheese danish and a cinnamon bun—that we sadly forget on the stoop where we stopped for a rest, that reminded us that the property nearby on Poplar Street was one we wondered about two

For years, the colorful Finnegan's Wake building on the edge of Northern Liberties at 3rd & Spring Garden opened its doors for drinkers on nights and weekends. By reputation, it didn't attract the classiest crowds. Last summer, the bar stopped operating except for the occasional party, and last fall a plan

The intersection of 7th & Fairmount has seen some excitement of late, and there's more on the horizon. Remember last summer, a new Federal Donuts location opened up on the northeast corner, replacing a shuttered corner store. It's a really nice looking place, and the donuts are pretty good too.

Over the years, we've visited the 400 block of Fairmount a few times, and we've already seen some changes take place. Notably, Callahan Ward built three homes with parking on a deep lot at 444-48 Fairmount Ave., getting an extra home in the project by orienting the homes toward a

If you were to look at a map of Northern Liberties, and on this map include new development projects since 2013 alone, you would see projects at various levels on so many blocks. Such consistent development points to an ongoing trend in the neighborhood where you'd be hard-pressed to walk more