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The amount of development happening in Northern Liberties is astounding. There are currently thousands of residential units under construction and in the pipeline. It seems like every part of the neighborhood has a major project underway. The two sections of Northern Liberties that are seeing the most development currently are around 2nd Street and Germantown
We’ve been following the game changing project at 2nd and Spring Garden Street since back in May of 2021 when it was originally presented to the neighborhood and have been providing construction updates here on the blog, on Instagram, and on Twitter ever since. As a quick reminder, 200 Spring Garden Street, which is being
Back in May of 2021, we told you about a plan to redevelop the stretch of North 2nd Street between Spring Garden Street and Callowhill Street. At that time, plans were released for two large, mixed-use projects. One on the northwest corner of 2nd and Callowhill, and the other on the southwest corner of 2nd
Last week, we told you about PennDot’s plan to make improvements to 4 sites along I-95 in and around Northern Liberties. One of the sites is situated right across 2nd Street from one of Philadelphia’s coolest projects currently under construction. We originally told you about plans for this development in May of 2021 when it
If you live in the Riverwards, you’ve experienced the long rebuilding process of Interstate 95. Recently, the strip of the highway that runs through Fishtown was completed. Unfortunately, the highway was widened. But, the project included some new public spaces surrounding and underneath the interstate. The next stretch of I-95 to be renovated runs through
Back in 2021, the Philadelphia Warehousing & Cold Storage Company at 500 North Christopher Columbus Boulevard was designated to the local historic register. The designation prevents any changes to the historic structures or new construction on the property without the approval of the Philadelphia Historical Commission. In March of 2021, we told you about plans
The Delaware Avenue corridor on the Southeast edge of Northern Liberties is a giant construction zone right now. We recently told you about three mega projects that are under construction along this strip: the 470-unit Festival Pier redevelopment, a 466-unit project right across the street from Festival Pier, and a 462-unit development just up the
Back in November of 2020, we told you about plans for a 404-unit, mixed-use project on the edge of Northern Liberties in East Poplar at 6th Street and Fairmount Avenue. At that time, the project needed a variance. We reported a few months later that the development team was granted a variance in February of
A couple of weeks ago, we told you about roughly 1,400 units that are currently under construction amongst 3 projects on Delaware Avenue between Spring Garden Street and Frankford Avenue. Well, from Delaware Avenue to 5th Street along Spring Garden Street, a very similar situation is unfolding. There’s the 470-unit Festival Pier redevelopment happening at
Last week, we told you that the 470-unit Festival Pier redevelopment and a 466-unit project right across the street on the site of a former Greyhound bus terminal were both under construction. That’s 936 homes getting built right on the same block. Well, these are not the only massive projects under construction on this strip.
Just yesterday, we told you that the 470-unit Festival Pier redevelopment project is finally under construction after years of planning and preparation. Well, that’s not the only mega development in this neck of the woods. There’s another nearly 500-unit project underway right across the street from Festival Pier. Exactly two years ago, we told you
Back in August of 2020, we told you about plans to build roughly 500 residential units and multiple commercial spaces on the old Festival Pier site at Delaware Avenue and Spring Garden Street. After completing extensive site work that was required due to the nature of building a structure on a pier surrounded by a