In Point Breeze

In early 2013, Breezy's Cafe opened their doors in a little commercial space at 2011 Reed St., a location that nobody would confuse for prime real estate. The space was in the middle of the block, with a funeral home across the street, a large warehouse next door, and numerous blighted properties

We were passing through Point Breeze the other day, and spotted a relatively new hole in the ground on the 2400 block of Wharton Street, very close to Wharton Square Park. As recently as ten years ago, there were a number of vacant and blighted buildings on this part of

What a difference a couple years have made on the 2200 block of Wilder Street. You may recall, we visited this block in early 2016 and it was in pretty rough shape. The notable feature on the block was a huge vacant lot on the south side which we assumed was entirely

1144 S. 23rd St. was home to a church for a long time, but it's been sitting vacant for about a decade. A little over a year ago, we noticed that the building was getting a little bit of work done, mostly interior demolition. We observed that the building had

Because Philadelphia has been around for so long, there are countless real estate quirks that have survived over the years as the city has evolved. We've covered some of them in the past, like the recessed home on the 2100 block of Fitzwater, or Harkens Place in Bella Vista. One oddity

Ralph Brooks Park, at the southeast corner of 20th & Tasker, underwent a massive renovation a couple years back, thanks to the efforts of Urban Roots and former Eagle Connor Barwin. In the time following that renovation, we saw increased development activity in the vicinity of the park, with tons

1402 Ellsworth St. is a roughly 1,500 sqft vacant lot in Point Breeze which is pretty much irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, but somehow we've written about it three times previously. And now here we go, writing about it again. To provide a little history, we first wrote

Several readers have reached out to us over the last few weeks, wondering about some construction activity on the 2100 block of Washington Avenue. Now before you get too excited, we should mention it's on the south side of the street, and there's still nothing happening at the long dormant Chocolate

Needless to say, Point Breeze has experienced a dramatic shift over the last few years, as developers have bought up all available vacant land with an eye toward new construction. Along those lines, most existing homes that come onto the market have either been rehabbed and flipped/rented out or demolished

Because the 25th Street viaduct makes things generally less hospitable, 25th Street south of Washington boasts a range of businesses that you wouldn't necessarily want to see on South Street. Angelo's Marble and Granite has a large yard full of stone slabs at 25th & Ellsworth. When someone stole and wrecked our