In Northern Liberties
Over the winter, we told you about plans for the construction of thirty new homes at 1108 N. Front St., the site of a warehouse fire a year ago. The warehouse, owned by Tower Investments, was a blighted property that was horrible to look at and must have been even
Read MoreOver a year ago, we told you about plans to build the first truly net zero homes in Philadelphia on the site of an old seafood warehouse in Northern Liberties. Passing by the corner of 4th & Brown the other day, we noticed that the project appears to now be moving forward,
Read MoreAround Halloween, we brought you news of the impending demolition of two existing buildings at 927-29 N. Orianna St., to be replaced by two new homes with an interesting solution to ever-present parking concerns. This project is from the folks at Callhan Ward, with design work by Fishtank PHL. Both the developers
Read MoreLast week, we updated you on the progress of three developments on the 800 block of N. Lawrence St., and noted that there were still other projects in that area that we would cover soon. Well today we have some info on one such project, located at 829-35 N. Leithgow
Read MoreThis week, we told you about the ribbon cutting at the first section of the Delaware River Trail, running from Spring Garden Street to the Sugarhouse parking lot. While we were there, we spotted some significant construction activity across the street.
Next door to the Penn Treaty Village Pennthouses, Core Realty
Read MoreYesterday, we passed along some new info about three projects under construction on the 800 block of Lawrence Street. And today, we have some updates about a couple of projects around the corner, right near a recently demolished warehouse at the corner of 5th & Poplar. As we told you
Read MoreWe were on our way to snap some photos of the new Penn Street section of the Delaware River Trail the other day, and as we headed east on Brown Street some new homes caught our eye. Circling back around, we realized that three separate projects we've previously told you about
Read MoreLast week, we told you about a couple of grants that recently came through for projects along the Delaware River. Today, we have news about the completion of the first quarter-mile of the Delaware River Trail, a path along the river that will ultimately extend over a five-mile stretch of
Read MoreAn old warehouse at 5th & Poplar has been razed to make way for twenty-one new homes in Northern Liberties. Developers pursued a somewhat lengthy process with the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association (NLNA) before the group agreed to support the project this spring. The fact that demolition has now taken place gives
Read MoreTendrilescence is the name of an early artistic lighting concept for the still-being-planned Spring Garden Connector. That and additional plans for streetscape improvements under the I-95 Spring Garden Street overpass were presented at a public meeting hosted by Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC) on May 29th.
Like the Columbia Avenue Connector we told
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