Tag: Fishtown

Business owners in Fishtown and South Philadelphia could soon be paying an assessment for new services.

Mayor Jim Kenney cut the ribbon Tuesday on the first completed project of his sugary beverage tax-funded Rebuild initiative: a restored Fishtown Recreation Center.

The popular fish address sign is a potent symbol with different meanings for different people in the fast-changing Philadelphia neighborhood.

Blueprints show a new tower rising on an empty lot next to existing warehouse buildings. Plans show retail, an outdoor cafe, and a bar or restaurant space.

A series of Frankford Avenue warehouses are slated to become a permanent home for the West Collection, a 3,100-piece cache of contemporary art.

A building collapse last week in Fishtown and another recent collapse in Germantown has inspired City Council to finance a crackdown on unsafe construction contractors.

A judge’s ruling on Tuesday paves the way for a long-contested redevelopment of St. Laurentius, a crumbling Catholic church in Philadelphia’s growing Fishtown neighborhood.

A 95-unit apartment building is coming to a blighted Fishtown lot near the Berks elevated train stop.

With lots of new apartments under constructions, Philly landlords say they're showing apartments many more times than usual to find new tenants.