In South Kensington

Remember the ski-slope building on the 1300 block of N. Front St. that we told you about last summer? Here's a look at the finished product, which looks as weird and as wonderful as we'd hoped.Ski slope buildingJust to the north of this new building, a reader recently brought the

A reader tipped us off last week that construction had finally gotten underway at 1326 Mascher St., a long vacant lot in South Kensington. We told you to prepare for this project back in the fall of 2014, and at the time we predicted that construction would get moving rather

There's a little stretch of Jefferson Street in South Kensington, between N. American and N. Bodine Streets, where three different projects are currently at various stages and two others have occurred within the last few years. Considering that there's only seven properties on this mini-block, that's a pretty amazing situation.

Construction

Cue the music from Game of Thrones...We first took you to the intersection of Hope Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue a few years back, when we brought your attention to a castle-like structure which was once a firehouse. Let's call it Kensington Castle from now on, huh? Now we

Just yesterday, we were telling you about five new homes coming to 6th & Jefferson, and we wondered whether we'd soon see other projects nearby, in the western section of South Kensington. It didn't take long. Shortly after our post went up, a reader gave us the heads up about

We've seen heaps of development close to Front Street in South Kensington lately, but today we turn our gaze to the western edge of the neighborhood. The last time we visited 6th Street, we had news of several multi-unit buildings under construction, improving a long-blighted stretch between Thompson and Master

South Kensington is getting some more homes, it seems. For the last couple of years at least, there's been a sign on the one-story garage at 1417-1419 N. Howard St., advertising that the building is available for lease. Since nobody was interested in renting the building, it'll soon get torn

Though Frankford Avenue is just a few steps away in South Kensington, a section of Front Street is beginning to reassert its long lost status as a commercial corridor. Just a couple of years ago, the intersection of Front & Master was home to just one business, the El Bar. On

To the east of Front Street, Fishtown continues to flourish. Ditto South Kensington to the west. As a result, developers continue to look to Front Street even though the El continues to rumble across the elevated tracks every day and night. A couple years ago, we told you about plans

Howard Street in North Kensington is getting two more homes. We were in the neighborhood the other day and noticed two homes under construction at 1509-11 N. Howard St., formerly a vacant lot. We'd guess that they've been under construction for the last couple of months and you'd think we'd