The University of Pennsylvania wants to increase its dormitory offerings, and a green space at the edge of campus will fall victim to this aspiration. The southeast corner of 40th & Walnut is home to a branch of the Free Library, and a field wraps around the building with frontage on

We went to Art For the Cash Poor at Crane Arts in South Kensington a few months ago, and as has been the case in the past, we were able to snag some pretty great artwork for some very reasonable prices. Living on the other side of town as we do (and

The commercial corridor on Spring Garden Street, east of Broad, has made some major strides over the last several years, as the neighborhoods to the north and south have improved. The biggest changes have been Union Transfer, the music venue that took over the Spaghetti Warehouse space on the 1000 block

We got an email the other day from CBRE, advertising a property for sale or lease near Passyunk Avenue. This property, 1324 Mifflin St., has a very unusual shape, but you wouldn't necessarily never expect this by looking at it from the street.So yeah, that's... different. There's a three story building

There's a triangular parcel that's bordered by Mantua Avenue, Fairmount Avenue, and 34th Street that's been sitting vacant for as long as we can remember. Google Street View confirms it's been vacant for at least a decade. We know that at one point there were roughly a dozen homes and apartments

We first visited the 700 block of N. 20th St. back in 2012, noting that developers were planning to demolish a home and replace it with a new quadplex. This block, and several others in the neighborhood, were built up by PHA in the 1980s with small homes that were

People like to say that a little coffee shop can be a good indication that a neighborhood has achieved "up and coming" status. If that's the case, then what does it mean when a neighborhood or a corridor has a bunch of little coffee shops, one after the other? Such is the

A reader tip directed us to the 1400 block of S. Colorado St. in Point Breeze, and we're embarrassed to say we believe it was the first time we ever set foot on the block. The reader noticed some zoning notices toward the southern end of the street, and because

Scanning the ZBA calendar earlier this week, we noticed that a new project at 1648-50 Ridge Ave. went to the board yesterday. This property, which sits next door to a community center disguised as a shoe store (because the building once housed a shoe store), has been sitting vacant for

The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul is a Philadelphia landmark, serving as the principal church of the Philadelphia Archdiocese and striking a stunning architectural presence at the corner of 18th, Race, and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Built between 1846 and 1864, the building is constructed in the Roman-Corinthian