In Point Breeze

We imagine that at one point in its history, the 1300 block of Chadwick Street was complete, with dozens of homes on both sides of this little street that runs between 16th & 17th, Wharton & Reed. Today, however, this block is about two-thirds vacant, with almost the entire eastern

A couple of readers have reached out in recent weeks, asking if we knew the lowdown on the northwest corner of 18th & Latona. A rather unattractive three story building was torn down here about a month ago, and a zoning notice recently appeared on the construction fence. Looking at

Before today's hearings, the ZBA ruled on cases held for discussion from previous weeks. A lot line relocation and a plan for the construction of four homes at 20th & Annin was among those to receive rulings today- we went through that application and its opposition in great detail a

A couple of months ago, we made our way down 17th Street in Point Breeze, and told you about four projects in different stages of completion. Today, we have an update on one of those developments, and news about two more coming down the pike. Looking back to May, the

Preemptive disclosure that Ori Feibush owns this blog, in case ya didn't know. And while this post will surely be biased, it will still raise some important points that are true, notwithstanding that bias. Just wanted to be up front, mkay?

One of the more straightforward and common zoning applications that

Last week, at two different RCO meetings, developers presented plans for two new homes on the 2000 block of Titan Street in Point Breeze. 2002 and 2004 Titan St. have been vacant lots for decades, but that situation should be changing very soon. At the South Philadelphia H.O.M.E.S. meeting last

Last October, we first told you about the work of Scioli Turco, a non-profit company that’s worked mostly in South Philly in the last couple of years, taking over vacant properties using Act 135. For those unfamiliar, this law, passed in 2009, allows residents, businesses, or non-profits to take conservatorship over a blighted

Visit the Ralph Brooks Tot Lot at 20th & Tasker today and the first thing you notice is a chilling mural containing dozens of names of neighborhood victims of violence. It's perhaps appropriate that such a mural would exist next door to this twenty-five year old park, which was established

Last week, a reader shot us an email giving us the heads up about some construction activity, or should we say demolition activity, taking place at the northwest corner of 24th & Federal. This triple-wide property has been a mess for number of years, and we were heartened to learn

We were in the area the other day and spotted a For Sale sign at 1200 S. 22nd St., on the southwestern corner of 22nd & Federal. From the looks of it, the property has gotten some serious work done recently- it was apparently a church until a couple of