People are obsessed with the Divine Lorraine. Perhaps that's why so many folks flipped out about our 2012 April Fools prank, when we declared that the wonderful building, vacant since the mid-1990s, would be demolished. That seems like a really long time ago, as everyone now knows that EB Realty

We've been ringing the bell for Baltimore Avenue for years, regularly telling you about new businesses opening up farther and farther west on the corridor. Most recently, we told you about event space Petite Fete on the 5000 block of Baltimore Avenue, a business that opened in a long-vacant building

Howard Street in North Kensington is getting two more homes. We were in the neighborhood the other day and noticed two homes under construction at 1509-11 N. Howard St., formerly a vacant lot. We'd guess that they've been under construction for the last couple of months and you'd think we'd

A little over a year ago, we told you about a plan for a sixteen story tower and twelve for-sale residential units at 3201 Race St., replacing a surface parking lot and some poorly maintained homes. At the time, the project had already gone through the Civic Design Review process,

If you use the Google Maps Time Machine function to turn back the clock to 2007 and visit the 2200 block of League Street, you'll find a block that was in pretty rough shape. At that time, a smattering of blighted homes and vacant lots were bringing down the block. The

The Putnam Building at 1627 N. 2nd St. is a five-story building that had many uses over the decades, including a spinning mill and an upholstered fur manufacturing business. Since the Kensington South CDC bought the building in the early 2000s, the property has been used for art studio and office space,

It seems that a North Broad Street project that got squashed last summer has come back from the dead. This is for the best, as far as we're concerned.Looking up North Broad StreetAbout a year ago, developers came before the Logan Square Neighborhood Association with plans to build an addition

If you've passed by 21st & Webster at any point in the last few weeks, you've probably noticed a new home under construction. Had you visited this corner just a few months ago though, you wouldn't have considered this possibility since every other property on the 2100 block of Catharine

The murals of Philadelphia cover so many themes, it's impossible to list them all off the top of your head. Some murals honor historical figures, others pay tribute to neighborhood icons, and some make obscure or direct references to community history. Some murals are serious, others are more whimsical. Some

South Kensington should soon lose another large vacant lot. We actually told you about a redevelopment plan for 171 W. Jefferson St. back in the summer of 2012, when it looked like this:Just a few years agoAt that time, the owners of the property had it listed for sale for