In Spring Garden

It's likely you've never seen this building in person. 1021 Ridge Ave. sits almost on top of the Reading Viaduct, surrounded by other Eraserhood-type buildings. Last week, owners PA Ridge Associates went before the ZBA to get a permit for 28 residential units in this rather large, 54K sqft building.

We're

In the spring, we told you about a large lot at 12th & Brandywine, a corner with a little history. At the time, we had noticed that a couple of homes had recently come onto the market with addresses that roughly corresponded to this parcel, which contained a public school

Woof. In Spring Garden, a potential dog run has stirred differences in opinion among locals. For years, many in the neighborhood have used a corner of Clemente Park, at 18th and Wallace Streets as an unofficial dog run.

But recently, the City hung a sign that announced dogs were prohibited in the park, according to park director Terrance Smith. Before

The historically designated Church of the Assumption, located at 1123-33 Spring Garden Street, is under agreement, according to the website for realtors Colliers International.

Colliers director Michael Barmash told Naked Philly it was a sensitive issue and too early to release any further information, but according to the Inquirer, the new

A few months ago, Fairmount Avenue stalwart Mugshots moved out of its ultra-prime location at 21st & Fairmount, directly across the street from Eastern State Penitentiary. Their new home is just a couple of blocks to the east, at 1925 Fairmount Ave., in the still relatively new mixed-use building built by Loonstyn Properties.

Members of the Spring Garden Civic Association (SGCA) recently voted to approve the construction of four traditional single family row homes on a vacant seven-lot parcel on 23rd Street, between Brandywine Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.

We first reported about the purchase of the site and two adjacent Brandywine St. homes (2230-32) by Fairmount-based developers Loonstyn Properties, last

When the Calvary Church Condo project at 16th & Fairmount was nearing completion six months ago, we were excited about the adaptive reuse but lamented the blighted former garage across the street.

In February, some readers tipped us off that part of the garage was being demolished, and we had high

Last week, we told you about plans to construct a large building on the 1200 block of Buttonwood Street, next door to the most excellent Prohibition Taproom. Well, it seems like the development spirit is alive and well on this block, as we have news today about another development that's

The other day, we told you about what we imagined would be a very large single family home coming to the corner of 16th and Green Streets. Today, we have some new information on what we now know is one of the largest new row homes we've heard about in

A vacant, 5,000+ sqft lot immediately next door to Prohibition Taproom looks like it won't be vacant for much longer. Under contract at an asking price of $425K, a zoning application for 1241 Buttonwood St. is being heard today by the ZBA.

According to the application, developer Carmel Developments intends to