We were traveling across town the other day and spied some orange notices posted on a number of buildings just to the north of 9th & Jefferson. We were pretty surprised to see zoning notices at this location, so a closer look was in order.Orange posters on blighted buildingsUpon further

We were incredibly pleased when we saw that a developer would be presenting a project to the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association to redevelop 600 N. 5th St. because we believed that this address corresponded with the shopping center at 5th & Spring Garden. You may recall, we once called this fortress-like structure

The 1200 blocks of Bainbridge and Kater have seen quite a bit of change in the last few years as new development has rolled into Hawthorne. On Bainbridge Street, a one-story plant store was demoed a couple years back and a condo building called Le Fleur arrived in its place,

A hundred years ago, when land wasn't so valuable and little homes were somehow much more practical, it was a fairly common practice in the River Wards to build small homes on large lots, a little set back from the sidewalk. We see homes like this in just about every

When we were covering the construction of two new homes on E. Cumberland Street near Jasper Street last fall, we suggested that we wouldn't be surprised to see developer interest tick up in the area. We've seen development in East Kensington relentlessly push through the neighborhood, going from Amber to Coral

It recently came to our attention the the Saint James Pentecostal Church at 4101 Ludlow St. is listed for sale. The property was first listed a couple months back at a $1.9M sale price, with the price going down to $1.3M a couple weeks ago then bouncing back up to

We'd guess that it wasn't long after the closing of Saint Lucy's church in 2012 that developers realized that the former church parking lot at 149-159 Green Ln. represented an attractive development opportunity. The developers at East Main Manayunk have slowly been working their way through the properties that belonged to the

Perhaps you've noticed ongoing construction over the last several months at the intersection of Frankford & Montgomery Avenues. This property was actually larger than you might suspect at first glance, as it included not only a large vacant lot with frontage on Frankford Avenue, but also a former church on

A couple years back, we told you about some demolition activity on 4th Street just south of Dickinson Square Park, where an old meeting hall was approaching its end. That building is now gone, but nothing has replaced it just yet. It's worth mentioning though, that a new duplex has been

Most rehabs these days are pretty unexciting, which is why we hardly ever bring them to your attention. Rehabs are often limited to inside work, and even when they do involve exterior construction, the end result typically looks rather unexceptional. This is definitely not the case, however, at 1755 S.