The Christmas Village is one of our favorite things about living in Philadelphia during the holiday season. For those that haven't heard of it slash weren't paying attention a few years ago during the Holiday Village silliness, the Christmas Village is an eating and shopping destination that starts every Thanksgiving

As Frankford Avenue continues to thrive as a commercial corridor, developers are looking at possible projects everywhere, including smaller properties that they might have previously overlooked. This could very well be the case at 1425 Frankford Ave., a comparatively little property surrounded by some major projects.Vacant lot to be redevelopedDevelopers

We were on North Broad Street just a couple days ago, telling you about an eight story building planned for the 800 block, and we reminded you that the amazing and beautiful Metropolitan Opera House was getting renovated at some undetermined point in the near future. Yesterday, we got an

Northern Liberties is done. Fishtown is old news. South Kensington? More like mouth rendsington. Okay, that last one made no sense. But the point we're getting at here is that Port Richmond looks like it's the new neighborhood du jour, with new projects popping up and tons of opportunity moving

We haven't spent much time in the neighborhoods around Temple Hospital but there's a chance that could start to change. This area is in pretty rough shape, with copious amounts of vacant land, countless vacant homes dotting the landscape, and virtually no amenities. Nevertheless, there are still Temple Med students and

Every block has its quirks, but the 700 block of Carpenter Street may be one of the most unusual in Bella Vista. Back in 2011, we visited this block and wondered about a number of properties on the north side of the street. We assumed that 723-25 Carpenter St. was

We brought you to the 1000 block of Wood Street a couple years ago to tell you about plans for several new apartment buildings, noting at the time that the block didn't seem like such an intuitive location for development. With a location mere steps from the Vine Street Expressway,

We've had our eye on the northeast corner of 26th & Poplar for some time, and now it appears that the property is finally getting redeveloped in earnest.We first visited the property a little over two years ago, when we noticed that the owners had pulled permits to add roof

A couple of readers have reached out over the last few days to give us the heads up that some new permits have appeared on a chain link fence on North Broad Street, in between Uhuru Furniture and the appropriately named Tire Shop. We made our way to 836 N.

As Passyunk Avenue has flourished, the surrounding neighborhood hasn't seen as much development as you might expect, due at least in part to the fact that there was relatively little blight or vacancy on the blocks. On the southern end of the neighborhood close to Snyder Avenue though, some underutilized