In South Kensington

A new start up brewery is taking shape in Kensington, last week winning neighborhood approval to sell growlers to go, merchandise, and pub grub from its future home at 5th & Cecil B. Moore.

Tim Patton, owner and sole proprietor of St. Benjamin Brewing Company, has been searching for more than

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Several months ago, we brought the Gretz Brewery, located in Kensington at 1524 Germantown Ave. to your attention.

Recently, a reader brought a depressing bit of news to our attention. Apparently, some or all of the historic brewery complex, which has been unused for fifty years, could be torn down by the City

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It's been six months since we last checked in on 3rd Ward, the Brooklyn-based arts facility coming soon to Kensington. Since the last time we stopped by, the buildings that will house 3rd Ward, located at 4th and Thompson Sts., have been cleaned quite a bit, with actual windows in

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If you've been to South Kensington at any point, you've probably been struck by the number of vacant lots, ripe for redevelopment. And make no mistake, developers are paying attention and several larger projects are already underway or just on the horizon. Recently, we gave you the lowdown on eighteen

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On this week's zoning docket, a proposal came down the pike for a long vacant, enormous parcel in South Kensington, close to all sorts of other development that's been going on in this area. The lot, 171-79 W Jefferson St., has been available for sale on and off for the

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Back in November, we gave you the heads up about First Steel, a new Postgreen project at 1703-05 N. Howard St., in Kensington. At the time, this was still an empty lot, and the project was still in the planning stages. We were in the area a few days back,

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On the other side of the tracks from Fishtown, 100-110 W Oxford St. sits vacant. Most recently occupied by Pieri Creations, a lamp design company, this site was home to the Quaker City Dye Works way back when. In later years, the buildings contained different companies, with a wool mill,

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A 15-unit mixed income development in Norris Square on the site of the former St. Boniface Church at Diamond and Hancock Sts., demolished last year, is the center in a vortex of heated debate between local residents and Councilwoman Maria Quiñones Sanchez.

Now that the City Planning Commission voted 5-2 last month to approve Sanchez’s recently drafted

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In November, we told you about the most ambitious new construction project that we've seen to date in Kensington, a huge multi-unit project on the southwest corner of 2nd and Oxford Sts.

These two buildings were completed over the past few months, and almost all of the units have been rented.

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A few months back, we told you about a new Middle Eastern place that's opening at 1939 Front St., near the Berks St. El Station. From the looks of the new awnings that have gone up, this place should be opening sooner rather than later. And it will serve juice!

At

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