The 2000 block of Gerritt Street is undergoing a serious transformation, the likes of which we've seen before on other blocks in this very neighborhood. Turning back the clock just a couple of years, this block was split roughly 50/50 between two-story homes and vacant lots. When a block is

We've made it a habit to complain that the City owns a ton of vacant land but doesn't generally show much interest in selling it off. In our defense, this is a real problem, with City agencies collectively representing the largest vacant land ownership group in Philadelphia. These numbers are perhaps a little old

The Garden Court Plaza building at 4701 Pine St. possesses an altogether unique presence in West Philadelphia, an Art Deco building standing fourteen-stories high in the middle of a mostly low rise residential area. The building was designed to be the centerpiece of the Garden Court neighborhood, which runs from 46th

12th Street Gym has been a fixture in the Gayborhood for roughly 30 years, but an ownership change and fire code violations could result in its closure at some point in the relatively near future. A couple of readers have reached out to us in recent weeks, sharing the news

We passed through Temple's campus shortly before the calendar flipped to 2018, and as we were traveling up North Broad Street, some demolition activity caught our eye. For those that went to Temple undergrad, you might recognize this building, located at the northeast corner of Broad & Norris, as Peabody Hall.

It just so happened that we were traveling up 5th Street past South yesterday, and found ourselves thunderstruck to see that Johnny Rockets had closed after a very lengthy run on the northeast corner. We weren't sad per se, as Johnny Rockets wasn't exactly the straw stirring the drink of the Philadelphia

Roughly two years ago, we told you about South Square, a project on the 100 block of W. Berks St. from AGA Developers that called for 19 residential units and two retail spaces. We were a little skeptical about the project, given that we'd seen relatively little development this far north in

It was roughly a year ago that we directed your gaze to a development opportunity at 2035 E. Lehigh Ave., a large parcel at the edge of East Kensington that was listed for sale for $5M. We believed that the asking price was rather high, and recognized the challenges of the site,

A few days before the calendar switched from 2017 to 2018, we got a hot tip about a new business coming to Washington Avenue. The tipster directed our attention to a two-story building at 1719 Washington Ave. with a day care on the first floor. For a stretch of time,

We're back, after a wonderful yet frigid New Years holiday. And as is typically our custom, we're kicking off 2018 with some predictions for the year to come. Will we prove successful as prognosticators? If we are, you can count on hearing about it about a year from now. If not, you