It wasn't all that long ago that we were covering student housing projects in the area surrounding Temple University on an almost weekly basis. Our coverage has fallen off in the last couple years, not because we're giving the area less attention, but instead because the pace of development has slowed considerably.

On our way to snag some photos and grab lunch from a food truck on Temple's campus yesterday, we happened upon some renovation activity taking place on North Broad Street. A Santucci's location opened at 655 N. Broad St. a couple years back, taking over for another (surely inferior) pizza spot.

As we were writing about the upcoming project at 10th & Spring Garden yesterday, we visited the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation website to see whether the organization had posted any info about how the community responded to the project. We came up empty on that front, unfortunately. But we did

When considering investment opportunities, many developers prioritize by-right projects because those projects allow for a streamlined process and don't involve compromises with a community group or negotiations with the ZBA. Not to say that either of those factors are inherently bad, but from a developer's standpoint they represent added risk. For any

Maybe six weeks ago, we told you that developers had purchased a surface parking lot and a building on the southwest corner of 10th & Spring Garden, and were planning to build an eight-story mixed-use building. This was exciting to us in a few different ways. First, we're always pleased

It's likely you've found yourself on or around American Street at some point, and perhaps you've noticed that it stops and starts on its way north-south, between 2nd and 3rd Streets. North of Girard Avenue, American Street takes on a very different character than it does in the rest of

The restaurant Tiramisu occupied the double wide property at 528-30 S. 5th St. for a number of years, offering what the proprietors referred to as Jewish-Roman food (whatever that means) just a few steps off of South Street. The restaurant shut its doors a few years ago, but the business and the building have

We've provided a staggering amount of coverage of student housing's northern push in West Philadelphia, telling you about countless new projects extending to Haverford Avenue and beyond. With some of the prospects drying up to the north, it seems developers have taken a new shine to opportunities to the west

In a city full of architectural curiosities, the log cabin at 872 N. Lawrence St. is one of the more unusual and unexpected buildings you'll see. We've wondered about it for many years, confused about how a home fit for Abraham Lincoln landed on this Northern Liberties corner. Now, thanks

For a rather run of the mill block in Pennsport, we've spilled considerable a considerable quantity of e-ink about the 200 block of Tasker Street. Over the years, we've told you about a new mansion on the block, plans for a sizable residential development that hasn't happened yet, and a