In Spring Garden

Back in May, we told you about a new froyo place opening on the corner of 20th & Brandywine, in a space previously inhabited by a little grocery store. At the time, we suggested that we were excited to try out some of their interesting product mix, which included cotton

The historic Spring Garden neighborhood has come a long way in the last twenty years. By now, most of the neighborhood has been redeveloped, with quaint row homes and historic mansions filling its tree-lined streets. Because of this, any example of vacancy in the neighborhood is particularly striking. So we

On the southeast corner of 12th & Brandywine, a new building is currently under construction. You may recall, we brought this intersection to your attention many moons ago, when we talked about six new homes coming to the northeast corner. While that project is not yet in the ground, plans

In the well-established Spring Garden neighborhood, a humungous home at 1538 Green St. that features a theater and a swimming pool in the basement, a roof deck and two terraces, is almost finished. The 8180 sqft mammoth reminds us of the way people might have lived in the old mansions that once

Back in September, we gave you an update on the progress of the new OCF Cafe at 2100 Fairmount Ave., across the street from the Eastern State Penitentiary. At the time, we indicated an expected opening date of mid-October, in time to take advantage of the crowds that descend upon the

At 12th & Spring Garden, the southwest corner features a property that looks positively awful, as our friend GroJLart wrote in the City Paper this spring (though we've hyperlinked his story, the link now curiously doesn't work). It's the site of a derelict former car repair shop that looks like it's a Hollywood representation

When we last checked in on Lawrence Rust's big and bold project for 10th & Mount Vernon, three new homes were under construction after the Spring Arts Point project was dormant for a couple of years. Passing by the other day, we noticed that those three homes are finished and

A few months ago, we broke the news that a new froyo place would be opening its doors at the corner of 20th & Brandywine. According to their Facebook page, they opened up at the end of May, though we confess we haven't made it over there as of yet.

Over the last couple of years, we've seen several buildings renovated and multiple vacant lots filled on Fairmount Avenue. On the 1400 block alone, a long-vacant triangular lot is turning into the JBJ Soul Homes, and a thirty-unit development has replaced a seafood warehouse in recent memory. Though several vacant

A reader checked in recently, wondering about 2337 and 2339 Pennsylvania Ave., two vacant lots near the Ben Franklin Parkway. According to this individual, the lots have looked like this for the two decades he's lived in the neighborhood. Because we love a good mystery and hate unused vacant land,