Meandering around West Philly the other day, we noticed a relatively fresh looking hole in the ground on the southwest corner of 41st & Ludlow. The lot at the corner has been empty for quite some time but a 3-story building stood next door until relatively recently. That building, clearly,

A reader gave us the heads up the other day that a new foundation has appeared at 1827 S. 20th St., a long-vacant lot. It's true that development has crept further and further south in Point Breeze over the years, but we were legitimately surprised to hear about a project

For over 20 years, Project HOME has been at the forefront of getting stuff done when it comes to making inroads against Philadelphia's homelessness problem. Not only does the organization provide direct services like healthcare and adult education for the homeless population, but they also advocate for better public policy

Does anyone out there remember what the 1000 block of S. 17th Street (that's 17th Street just below Carpenter) looked like ten years ago? We do, but for those that weren't paying attention, here's a look thanks to the magic of the Google Maps Time Machine function.Looking down 17th St.

People tip us off about projects all the time. We get emails, phone calls, texts, tweets, etc etc etc. Sometimes though, we find out about a project but cannot remember how it came across our path, and such is the case for 171 W. Berks St.This building will be demoedSomewhere

We've mentioned a few times over the years that we lived near Pat's and Geno's back in the day, and we confess that sometimes we miss our old neighborhood. It's not the occasional smell of steak and onions that wafted to our front door that we remember fondly, but instead

For people who live at or near the Abbotts Square building on the 200 block of South Street, it's been a pretty bleak couple of years. Almost all of the stores closed back in 2014 as the owners of the building prepared a 20K sqft space for Garden of Eden,

The trolley portal at 40th & Baltimore is extremely important, as it marks the spot where four of West Philly's trolley lines converge as they make their way east and split as they make their way west into the neighborhoods. Despite the fact that it serves as such a crucial

It wasn't so long ago that you could have generously described the corner of 4th & Queen as "not one of the best in the neighborhood." More specifically, there were roughly ten buildings on either side of 4th Street, just south of Queen, that looked like their owners hadn't cared

Perhaps you haven't found yourself near 7th & Cecil B. Moore at any point in the recent past or... ever. But if you ever happen to make your way to this intersection, you'll quickly notice one of the more interesting churches in Philadelphia. New Greater Straightway Baptist Church has made their