About three years ago, there was a building fire near the corner of Frankford Avenue and Berks Street in Fishtown. Unfortunately, the damage from the fire led to the demolition of two stately brick structures on the corner. Then, just a few months ago, the property on the corner at 1828 Frankford Avenue hit the Read more about 9-Unit + Commercial Building Planned on Frankford Ave in Fishtown[…]
Back in 2019, plans were released for a 10-story building with 244 residential units and 50 automobile parking spots at 1130 N. Delaware Avenue on the site of a surface parking lot and low rise furniture warehouse next to the historic Edward Corner Building. Over the last few years, the parking lot and furniture warehouse Read more about 182-Unit Building Proposed in Fishtown on Surface Parking Lot[…]
Take a walk through Fishtown and it will seem like there’s some kind of construction happening on every other block. Frankford Avenue has transformed into one of the best commercial corridors in Philadelphia over the last ten years with many more projects in the pipeline that will help to continue to improve the area. Just Read more about 42-Unit Project Rising in Fishtown[…]
What a long, strange trip it’s been. Nearly 8 years after closing it’s doors, St. Laurentius Church still sits vacant and blighted at the corner of Memphis Street and Berks Street in Fishtown. In 2014, St. Laurentius Parish was merged with Holy Name Parish after the Archdiocese of Philadelphia concluded that St. Laurentius Church was Read more about 8-Story, 49-Unit Building to Replace St. Laurentius Church in Fishtown[…]
Zoning permits were issued for a 6-story, 45-unit building with ground floor commercial space on the site of a former furniture wholesaler at 1212-16 North Delaware Avenue across from Penn Treaty Park in Fishtown. The building will also include 16 bicycle spaces. 12 automobile parking spots, including an auto share spot, will be located off Read more about 45-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Planned Near Penn Treaty Park[…]
We’ve written about the lot just north of La Colombe at 1359 Frankford Avenue in Fishtown several times in the past. A couple of years ago, there was a plan to build a 33-unit, mixed-use building on the site. Then, plans shifted to an office building. The pandemic forced the owners to change course again Read more about 61-Unit, Mixed-Use Project Planned on Frankford Ave in Fishtown[…]
It must be about 5 years since Bobby’s Bar at the corner of Frankford Avenue and Dauphin Street closed down. The dive bar, once known as Bob’s Happy Hour Tavern, was a long time neighborhood staple. It’s closure left the northeast corner of Dauphin and Frankford feeling abandoned and blighted for years. However, we’re now Read more about Bobby’s Bar in Fishtown to Become 7 Units + Commercial[…]
Penn Home at 1401 E. Susquehanna Avenue in Fishtown opened in 1848 and provided shelter for women older than 59 years of age until it closed in September of 2020. The abrupt closing caused concerns across the community about what would become of the property and its structures dating from 1769 to the 1950s. Shortly Read more about Fishtown’s Penn Home to be Converted into 45 Residential Units + Restaurant[…]
It seems like only about 7 years ago that the western side of Frankford Avenue from Norris Street to York Street in Fishtown was primarily made up of vacant parcels and blighted buildings. Oh how the times have changed. As you are likely well aware of, Fishtown has seen an explosion of development over the Read more about 16 Units + Retail Planned on Frankford Ave in Fishtown[…]
Rivers Casino should be called River and Sea Casino as it’s bordered on one side by the Delaware River and on the other side by a sea of parking lots. We were hoping that after the casino built the parking garage a few years ago that we would end up seeing plans to develop their Read more about 196-Unit Building to Replace Surface Parking Lot Next to Rivers Casino[…]