In Queen Village

A long vacant corner retail location may soon become the areas's newest coffee shop with two apartments upstairs. But some neighbors are concerned that support for a variance from the Queen Village Neighbors Association (QVNA) to allow prepared foods at 542 Lombard St., could open the door for a variety

We've been surprised that an empty lot has sat at the northeast corner of 5th & Catharine for as long as it has. It's been vacant for as long as we can remember, aside from a few statues installed on the lot. But that will soon change as the Queen

If developers' vision comes to fruition, Queen Village will soon be home to a new upscale boutique hotel. Last summer, we wondered what was in store at the northwest corner of 5th & Bainbridge when we noticed the John C Paul and Sons paper company that operated out of a

Two recent separate grants provided by the Community Design Collaborative (CDC) will mean plans for improvements along the 4th Street Commercial Corridor in Queen Village where a fire in late April ravaged a Fabric Row store, damaged others and claimed a fire captain’s life.

The Friends of Bainbridge Green (FOBG) received a $25K in kind

Greening the Grid, the winning team in the residential element of the Soak It Up! challenge, envisioned retrofits in Queen Village that would plant more trees along residential streets, connect those streets with corner parks, and connect those parks with larger community greenspaces in the neighborhood and across the city. Their submission

A couple of years ago, Scoot2You opened at 747 S. 4th St., offering a combination gallery space and scooter rental store to Fabric Row. Not only was the opening of the business noteworthy in the sense that they were introducing a cool concept, but also because they were opening in

It's been about a year since we checked in on Queen's Walk, a sixteen-home development at 5th & Montrose that was built to sell, but ended up as rentals in the end. These homes were built where a dessert-topping manufacturer once stood, and across the street from where several blocks

A couple of years ago, we wondered about a vacant commercial space at the corner of 3rd & Catharine. Most recently home to a software company, this corner may soon be home to a new coffee and crepe shop, the third coffee shop in a roughly two block radius. Despite

A year ago, we first told you about Weccacoe Flats, a three-unit project planned for 817-19 S. 5th St. in Queen Village. Brought to you by the folks who built Bancroft Green, the flats replace two homes that were built nearly two-hundred years ago, but have been vacant for quite some time.

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Yesterday, we passed along the news that Sneaker Villa, a national shoe and apparel chain, would be taking over the large space on the 600 block of South Street that was last home to a Walgreens. Today, we have news of another national chain on the horizon for a recently