In Pennsport

A reader tipped us off about some new construction on the 100 block of Pierce St., and we discovered two other noteworthy subjects when we trekked down there.

There's a zoning application at 150 Pierce St. that indicates plans for a new single family home that's replacing a two story building that

A reader tipped us off about two construction sites in very different phases, near the corner of 2nd and Ellsworth Sts. in Pennsport.

At 1107 S. 2nd St., a long vacant house that's been on and off the market for a few years finally sold for $200K back in November. The

On the corner of Front and Sigel Sts., next to I-95 and around the corner from Target, we spotted a new home that's currently under construction.

The developer, Churchill Investments LLC, purchased the 17'x45' lot almost a year ago for $45K. Previously, the lot had approvals for a 2000+ sqft, 3

Waaay back in June, we told you about a stalled construction project at 1120 S. Front St., a building owned by the same people who own Pho and Café Viet Huong restaurant. Let's look back together:

From the looks of it, construction has picked back up, and it's moving fairly quickly.

And

For decades, an area of land just off the northwest corner of 4th & Manton Streets sat vacant - overgrown with weeds, littered with trash, and a hotspot for other illegal and unwanted activities in this quaint area of Pennsport.

Finally, this past summer, a group of neighbors banded together to

After a brief jaunt down to Pennsport to check out the future site of Moyamensing Estates, we passed by Dickinson Square Park and saw that the long-planned park renovation had finally begun. The chain link fence has been erected around the perimeter of the park and some heavy duty construction

The corner of E. Moyamensing Ave. and Moore Sts. probably brings mummers to mind before large-scale development projects, but that's just what's on the way at this long vacant corner. A reader brought the newly installed sign for Moyamensing Estates to our attention earlier this week.

We've learned that Design Builders Associates

Over the summer, we reported on a new building at the corner of 6th St. & Washington Ave., a place that now contains Washington Avenue Dental Center on the first floor. At the time, we noticed a double-wide shell just to the south, at 1107 S. 6th St.

About a year

For years, a former Peco substation on the southeast corner of 6th and Federal Sts. has sat empty, a lovely husk of a building, no longer needed for its original use.

Peco sold the rather large property to June Ngheim back in 1998 for $82K. In 2008, Ngheim went to the

Back in June, representatives from SPARC, the South Philadelphia Area Revitalization Corporation, went before the ZBA to request variances to construct three single family, affordable homes on the 400 block of Emily St. This is of interest both because the construction would fill three gaps at 416, 424, and 439