In Point Breeze

About two years ago, we toured 1128 S. 19th St., a large corner property that caught fire mere weeks before we set foot inside. The first floor was trashed, the second pretty severely damaged, and the third only had some minor blemishes from smoke and water. We passed on the

In January, we told you about a proposed mixed-use development for a large corner parcel in Point Breeze that's currently a vacant lot. The corner of Point Breeze & Titan, which has attracted a handsome garden built by members of the community, has not had a building on it for

Last month, we first brought a government land grab in the Point Breeze neighborhood to your attention, detailing the City's plans to seize thirty-one privately owned lots by eminent domain with the intention of constructing affordable housing units, despite no construction or financing plans in place. Reaction to this story

Back in March, we told you about plans to convert a sinfully ugly building at 18th & Wharton that had once been a doctor's office into a cafe with live music. The folks who own the property have taken some proactive steps in the months since to make the building

We hinted at it in the comments section of a previous post, and yesterday it became a reality: Munson Manor, the bar/restaurant space at the corner of 20th & Federal, has been leased! By the same guys that opened up the coffee shop on the same corner! And the same

In neighborhoods going through a wave of redevelopment, you see all kinds of builders constructing all kinds of homes. You may have to wade through a torrent of Home Depot specials before finding the home that fulfills all your hopes and dreams. Likewise, you may run into a situation where

We were in the neighborhood yesterday, and spotted two construction sites while heading down 17th Street, between Federal and Wharton. This block has seen quite a bit of construction in the past year, with affordable housing units going up on 17th Street near Manton, on the end of the 1600

A week ago, we told you about a plan from the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to condemn and seize thirty-one privately owned properties via eminent domain in the Point Breeze neighborhood. Reaction to that story has resulted in 749 signatures (and counting) on an online petition in opposition to this plan. Today, both the

Six weeks ago, we told you about excavations in preparation for two new foundations on the 2000 block of Ellsworth Street. These lots, in the middle of a block that's seen plenty of new construction and rehabbing in the past few years, had sat vacant for many moons.

We swung by

Across the street from a somewhat controversial lot-turned-garden, fencing went up around another long-vacant lot a few weeks ago, ostensibly in preparation for new construction. As you may have supposed from the signs that are up on the fence, this project will come from OCF Holdings, a sister company of