In Point Breeze

The 2000 block of Gerritt Street has been in terrible shape for more than a decade, with vacant lots nearly outnumbering the homes on the block. Immediately to the south, the 2000 block of Wilder Street has held up much better, which is a weird thing when you consider that

There's finally light at the end of the tunnel for 2012 Wharton St., a property we first brought to your attention in the fall of 2013. Once upon a time, a huge warehouse made sense at this location, and over the years the building was home to the Philadelphia Traction Company,

When we first visited the 1100 block of S. Syndenham Street back in the fall of 2013, we were very excited to share the news that a blighted building would get renovated and that developers would soon build two new homes. This was particularly noteworthy because at that time, the

Point Breeze Avenue has seen incremental improvement over the last few years, as new homes have sprouted in the surrounding neighborhood. OCF Coffee House opened a few years ago at the top of the commercial corridor, taking a space in a renovated building which had been blighted for many years.

A Facebook post yesterday caught our attention, as it shared the news about a new corner grocery store planned for Point Breeze. 1713 McKean St. has been sitting vacant for many years, despite the total renovation of the former Abbott Dairy building next door. It turns out, the building is

If you didn't notice the sign on the fence, you could believe that the ongoing construction at the corner of 23rd & Washington is a fabulous example of progress and a step in the right direction for a corridor that's begging for mixed-use development. If you then read the sign,

It's been non-stop construction for the 1700 block of South Broad Street over the last year and a half, but the light at the end of the tunnel is shining more brightly with every passing day. The western side of this block was home for many years to the South Philadelphia Neighborhood Library, Health

A reader gave us the heads up the other day that a new foundation has appeared at 1827 S. 20th St., a long-vacant lot. It's true that development has crept further and further south in Point Breeze over the years, but we were legitimately surprised to hear about a project

Earlier today, the zoning agenda for next week's South Philadelphia HOMES meeting got posted to Facebook and we spied a project that we would not have expected. 2438-48 Federal St. sits right next to the 25th Street viaduct but developers have the 20K sqft property under agreement and are looking

Development in Point Breeze continues to inexorably make its way southward. A few years ago, new construction more or less stopped at Wharton Street. Over time, it's made its way down to Reed Street, Dickinson Street, Tasker Street, and beyond. If you pass by the corner of 20th & Tasker