In Point Breeze

If we turn back the clock a mere two years and visit the 1800 block of Gerritt Street, we find a block with mostly well tended two-story homes, a handful of blighted buildings, and a bunch of vacant lots. The two largest lots were very well tended, and the tables,

The northern end of the western part of Point Breeze has seen all kinds of development over the last handful of years, while its southern side has remained largely unchanged over that period. Sure, we've seen development drift further south of late, and we do see the occasional project in

The 1500 block of S. Bouvier St. has seen tremendous change in the last few years and there's more on the way. We don't have to look back too far into the past to see a block that was littered with blighted properties and vacant land, but if you visit

Well, that sucked.Project rendering1245 Point Breeze Ave. went to the ZBA earlier this week, with a plan for a four-story mixed-use building with a grocery store on the first floor and fifteen apartments above. At the community meeting for this project, the standing ovations gave the impression that a letter of

A reader brought our attention to a new construction fence at 1130 S. 24th St. the other day, and we immediately starting thinking about all the other development that's happening on 24th Street over the last few years. We first wrote about this area about four and a half years

Point Breeze Avenue has seen some small improvements over the last few years, but it's still a very long way from reaching its potential as a vibrant commercial corridor. As we've pointed out many times in the past, the base zoning on Point Breeze Avenue makes its continued improvement all

We visited the 1900 block of Fernon Street a few months ago and discovered a block under heavy construction. Perhaps this redevelopment effort was spurred by the renovation of the adjacent Ralph Brooks Park, or maybe it happened because development is moving ever further south in Point Breeze and this

Most rehabs these days are pretty unexciting, which is why we hardly ever bring them to your attention. Rehabs are often limited to inside work, and even when they do involve exterior construction, the end result typically looks rather unexceptional. This is definitely not the case, however, at 1755 S.

We've heard from a few readers over the last few months, wondering about the vacant lots at 1721-25 Tasker St.Current viewThis address, where Bouvier hits Tasker Street, was home to Dean's Bar for many years. We confess, we never had the pleasure of visiting this establishment, but a sign above

Finally, it seems that the southwest corner of Broad & Ellsworth is moving in the right direction. For those unfamiliar with this property, the adjacent Saint Rita of Cascia Shrine has for years been planning to extend their facility to this vacant parcel. Some years ago, they had a plan in