In Point Breeze

Do you live in Point Breeze? Do you have young kids? Are you thinking about having young kids sometime soon? Are you as concerned as the rest of us about the state of the public school system in this town? Are you looking for something to do this afternoon?

Might we

A little less than two weeks ago, the ZBA granted a variance that will pave the way for twelve new homes to rise on the 1300 block of Chadwick Street. We first told you about this project, which has gone through several iterations after no less than seven community meetings

Though Point Breeze has seen considerable redevelopment in recent years, there remain some blocks that have gone almost untouched by all the renovation and new construction. One such block is the 1100 block of S. Sydenham St., which has a small selection of inhabited homes but mostly contains vacant land

Last month, we sat through an exhausting ZBA hearing for 1601 Washington Ave. which didn't end until 9pm. This project will involve the construction of a five-story building with ground floor commercial and thirty-five apartments. We told you all about it back in August after the developers presented to SOSNA. This proposal speaks

Over the past century, the chunk of land bordered by Wharton Street, Capitol Street, Reed Street, and Woodstock Street, collectively known as 2012 Wharton St., has had a great many uses. According to the Geohistory map, the Philadelphia Traction Company had a warehouse here back in 1895. By 1910, John

Almost a whole year ago, we told you that OCF Realty had signed a lease for 1200 Point Breeze Ave., most recently home to the fabulously named Munson Manor. At that time, we told you that the concept had not yet been finalized for the space, and over the summer

Almost two years ago, we told you about the ongoing renovation of a building behind a tarp on the 1500 block of Manton Street. At that time, the facade of the building next door was, well, plywood.

The other day, when we were investigating a new home on this block, we

If you read this blog with any sort of regularity, you already know that the Point Breeze neighborhood has been on the rise in recent years. Along larger streets like Federal and Wharton, and particularly on smaller streets like Manton and Latona, little pockets of development have popped up on

Sure, it seems like every week we have reports on some new project in Point Breeze. But be that as it may, there's still a tremendous supply of vacant land in the neighborhood over which the inexorable tide of development will surely flow in the years to come. Take the

Back in January 2012, the ZBA approved Renewbold, a bold sixteen-unit development planned for the corner of 16th & Moore. Located at the former site of the Drexel School, this project comes from LPMG, the folks behind the SPTR and American Sardine Bar. Postgreen has done the design work, and Hybrid Construction is building it.