In South Kensington

The people who brought you the Flatz@2015 and the Flats @ Girard Pointe are at it again. A vacant lot at 1300 N. American St., currently owned by the RDA, will soon be purchased by American Studios LLC, a company owned by Jeffrey Tubbs of JDT International. Mr. Tubbs, having

We don't even know what we were doing at 2nd and Oxford Sts. last week, but a rather large development under construction on the southwest corner caught our eye.

RPM Builders LP purchased the lot, which measures nearly 17K sqft, for $450K about a year ago. From what we can gather

The East Kensington Neighbors Association (EKNA) partnered with the Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation to work together to renew East Kensington through new and protected green spaces. Since East Kensington has about 6K people and no public green space (1 in 5 lots are vacant,), an effort this significant in

Between running a record label and a development company, David Grasso was kind enough to take a moment and send us the renderings for his contested 7,600-square-foot music venue on Richmond and Beach Streets next to 95 in Kensington. Live Nation will operate the 3,000-person-capacity live theater/concert space if city

For Viking Mill, Little Berlin and Emerald St. Urban Farm (Patrick Dunn's project, the same guy behind Marathon Farm), a vacant lot in East Kensington is a place of possibilities, not a space for dead grass and remnants of its prior occupant. These three organizations are collaborating in an effort to