You might not realize it, but pallets are a big business. Wanna ship something large and heavy? It's probably going on a pallet. Wanna ship a bunch of smaller things? Again, it's pallet time. But where do all those pallets come from? In some cases, the pallets come from Pallets

If you're old enough, you remember when smoking on airplanes was a thing. Considering that through the lens of 2017, it seems crazy. Non-smokers were trapped in a smoky cabin for the length of every flight. People has lighters and matches on planes! Sheer madness. Then again, we've learned countless health and

A couple readers have reached out recently, wondering what's happening on the north side of the 3600 block of Haverford Avenue. You may recall, several years ago, there was a plan floating out there to build a supermarket in Mantua, spanning four city blocks between 36th and 38th Streets, Haverford

In early 2013, Breezy's Cafe opened their doors in a little commercial space at 2011 Reed St., a location that nobody would confuse for prime real estate. The space was in the middle of the block, with a funeral home across the street, a large warehouse next door, and numerous blighted properties

We've covered the vacant 1.5 acre triangular parcel at 19th & Wylie numerous times over the years, always lamenting its persistent vacancy, which is only amplified by the torrent of development happening all around. We first wrote about this property back in 2013, telling you that the Hankin Group purchased it from the City

721 N. 2nd St. has been used as an auto garage specializing in European cars for as long as we can remember, surely for longer than the decade than we can see in Google Maps Street View. Once upon a time, back when there was very little retail activity on this

Hagert Street between Jasper and Emerald has undergone incredible change over the last number of years, and there's more change brewing. When we were in the neighborhood the other day, we happened upon a new hole in the ground at 1914 E. Hagert St., next to a large blue garage. This

The northeast corner of 9th & Locust is a bit of a curiosity. In this high rent part of town, you simply wouldn't expect to see a pair of building like 229 and 231 S. 9th St., slowly decomposing as they sit vacant. Last year, we gave you the lowdown on

A reader tipped us off recently about a big new building currently getting framed at 222 Vine St., and we're kinda amazed it hasn't come onto our radar previously. For whatever reason, a one story building was constructed at this address back in 1960, a structure that has housed an

Without thinking too hard about it, you would readily agree that a car wash isn't the highest and best use for a 16K sqft property on the 4100 block of Chestnut. And yet, if you visit this block and direct your attention to 4125 Chestnut St., you'll see the Chestnut