On the one hand, the Vine Street Expressway (aka I-676) is great. For those of us with cars who want to get across town quickly or get from the Ben Franklin Bridge to I-76, it's pretty handy. Except when there's traffic. Then there's the other side of the coin. The

We visited the 1900 block of Fernon Street a few months ago and discovered a block under heavy construction. Perhaps this redevelopment effort was spurred by the renovation of the adjacent Ralph Brooks Park, or maybe it happened because development is moving ever further south in Point Breeze and this

When they come back from summer vacation this fall, students at the Chester Arthur school on the 2000 block of Catharine Street will find some major changes at their school yard. A couple of weeks ago, construction began in earnest here, or we'd be more on point to describe it

Papa John's offered better ingredients and better pizza at 2100 Market St. for quite awhile, but closed their doors a couple years back. The building has sat vacant ever since, though an LLC related to Brandywine Realty Trust purchased the property as part of a larger assemblage last year. A

When we told you about an upcoming eleven home development on the east side of the 1400 block of N. Howard St. a couple months ago, we expressed optimism that the large warehouse on the western side of the block would eventually get redeveloped. We didn't realize at the time

Medusa Pizza opened its doors about a month ago at the corner of E York & Gaul, adding to Fishtown's embarrassment of pizza riches. We first told you about this project almost three years ago, when we shared the news that a red warehouse that most recently housed a meat

When we told you about the proposed five-story building at 2333 Fairmount Ave. last week, many people were excited to hear about the plan but skeptical about what the building would ultimately look like. Several commenters suggested that Loonstyn Properties doesn't have the greatest track record in terms of architecture,

Coming back from the Poconos this weekend, we hit some traffic as we were heading back to town, so we cut through Manayunk to alleviate some of our I-76 related suffering. Making our way to Ridge Avenue, we found ourselves on Tower Street and at 4120 Tower St., we spied

A few months ago, we drew your attention to a demolition notice at 2333 Fairmount Ave., and we frankly weren't so sad to be losing this relatively unexciting three story building. At the time, we knew that Loonstyn Properties had purchased the property and we suspected that they would be looking to

Given its prominent location, it's amazing that 208 S. 13th St. has been sitting empty for several years- the building's last tenant was Letto Deli, which closed in 2009. According to Hidden City, a one story building was constructed here in 1955 as a Dewey's Famous, and got remodeled after