Last summer, we wondered about 1000 W. Girard Ave., a large property that was home to the Althea Gibson Community Education and Tennis Center for about a decade. This place was an amazing neighborhood resource while it was around, teaching tennis and simultaneously creating a safe space for kids. Sadly, funding dried up

At 1722-40 N. Hancock St. you can find a handsome row of old industrial buildings that have sat mostly undisturbed for about a century. But you'd better go check them out soon, because the wrecking ball is coming.1722 N. Hancock St.These buildings were constructed over a period of time at

Money Max Funding operated out of the two-story building at 641 N. Broad St. for over a decade, primarily offering taxi medallion brokerage and other financial services for cab drivers. As Uber and Lyft have taken on a much larger role in getting people from one place to another over

Thanks to its industrial past, Fishtown has a plethora of old factories and warehouses that currently show various degrees of wear and tear. Since the neighborhood has experienced a development surge over the last several years, we've seen some of those old buildings demolished and replaced with new homes, others

From what we understand, the Point Breeze Avenue commercial corridor was once an amazing neighborhood amenity, with such a selection of stores that neighbors rarely needed to venture to Center City for shopping purchases. Today, this is not the case, as the Breeze is home to more empty retail space

As we mentioned when we visited the 3600 block of Haverford Avenue over the summer, it's one of the worst looking blocks in the area. Aside from a colorful artist studio, the northern side of the block is entirely vacant, thanks to a seemingly fizzled effort to build a Mantua supermarket.

We've been spending lots of time in East Kensington lately, and for good reason. There's a ton of construction happening in the area right now, and there's even more on the horizon. You may remember, we told you a couple weeks ago about new homes planned for the 2100 blocks

If you asked us even a year ago if we expected that the 2200 block of Cross would be humming with development, we would have responded with a resounding no. First, it's on the wrong side of Point Breeze Avenue. And aside from that, it's too far south!But we would

A reader reached out the other day, having noticed a sign advertising upcoming development on a chain link fence at the southeast corner of 6th & Tasker. 1601-1605 S. 6th St. has been sitting empty for a number of years, an unexpected vacancy on a block that's otherwise filled in.Sign

South Broad Street between South Street and Washington Avenue is on the rise, though its ascent has been rather slow and uneven. When 777 South Broad arrived on the scene a little less than a decade ago, bringing almost 150 apartments and a number of new retail spaces to the corridor,