Maybe it's just us, but it feels like Philadelphians could use a few more laughs these days. But having a comedian tell jokes to an audience can't just happen willy-nilly in Philadelphia. Regrettably, this means that the proposed Claude's Comedy Club & Bar at 1123-25 S Broad St. will require

Saint Laurentius Church was built at 1600 E. Berks St. in 1882 and served as a house of worship for over 130 years, until it was shuttered by the Archdiocese in 2013. Though there were plans to maintain the building as a site for major religious events, the City soon deemed

We don't think cemetery oriented development is going to become a trend anytime soon, but only a few weeks after covering a project across the street from the Cathedral Cemetery at 49th & Girard, we noticed permits for another residential project adjacent to a graveyard in West Philadelphia. This time,

Back in Philadelphia's early manufacturing heyday, numerous blocks in Kensington were developed with a hodgepodge of factories, warehouses, civic buildings, and housing all packed together. For instance: while today the 1900 block of E. Sergeant Street is mostly rowhomes and the Henry A. Brown Elementary School, the block once housed

When we visited some of the new buildings and development underway on the 6600 block of Germantown Avenue earlier this year, we predicted more change would be forthcoming for this portion of the neighborhood's commercial corridor. It turns out we didn't have to wait very long to be proven right

We clearly love strolling around Philadelphia checking out construction sites, and it's especially exciting when we can view a new building from an unusual perspective. For almost every project we cover, we find ourselves standing in the street or on the sidewalk, looking up. But for projects near the Rail

It's too easy to "forget" about Forgotten Bottom, even though it sits right on the edge of Center City and University City. For those who aren't familiar, this neighborhood is located between Grays Ferry Avenue, I-76, the Schuylkill River, and CSX train tracks. It only has housing on about two

As development has pushed its way through the River Wards, we've seen new residents and businesses change the face of Northern Liberties, Fishtown, and East Kensington in the first quarter of the 21st century. Over the last few years, we've been pointing to Port Richmond as a neighborhood that's firmly

If you're looking for the epicenter of Philadelphia development in the last several years, look no further than the eastern edge of Northern Liberties. Whether it's the 1,000+ units plus amenities at Piazza Alta, almost 500 units at the former Festival Pier, or the hundreds of additional units that have

We've covered many former industrial buildings in Kensington and Fishtown over the years, detailing adaptive reuse projects as former factories and warehouses are converted to apartments and commercial spaces. We've even seen interest in converting buildings in other pockets of the River Wards, like a dye works in Harrowgate that