The building that last housed the Grace of God Church of Deliverance at 2121 E. Cumberland St. is no more. In fact, it was demolished several months ago, we just didn't get over there to snap a photo since the demolition took place until the other day. The building was quite sizable and

A number of readers have reached out in recent weeks, noticing increased construction activity at the northwest corner of 22nd & South and wondering what's going on. Some history- L2 restaurant made its home here for over fifteen years, closing in 2013. In the summer of 2014, we heard rumblings that

We were in Francisville earlier today and came across some zoning notices at the northwest corner of 15th & Cambridge.Zoning noticesThough the zoning notices are posted at the corner, they're actually for 926 N. 15th St., a vacant lot that's a wee bit to the north. Standing at this corner,

When we last visited the 2000 block of E. Fletcher St. back in 2012, we were telling you about plans for a new six-unit building which has, in the elapsed time, been built and is now occupied. We also brought a vacant building to your attention next door at 2028

A couple weeks ago, Drexel University and Brandywine Realty Trust, two of the main real estate powers on the west side of the Schuylkill, announced that they would be teaming up to develop some of the valuable, yet largely underutilized properties owned by the university near 30th Street Station. Drexel had

Fabric Row was all about fabric once upon a time. Hence the name. But as the years have passed and the internet has become more and more a source of... well, everything, fabric stores have faded and other businesses have come to the corridor. We've always thought that Fabric Row

As the weather warms up (today notwithstanding) and the trees bloom, green space is getting more and more use around town. It's quite possible that people who hadn't visited Julian Abele Park for a few months and found themselves back there recently were surprised to discover 2132 Montrose St., one

The same reader that gave us the heads up about the upcoming Fishtown Residence project on the 2300 block of E. York Street was also wondering about a seemingly stalled construction project across the street. 2365-67 E. York St. is a double-wide garage that looks like it housed an auto shop

The expansion of the Pennsylvania Convention Center wrapped up in 2011 and cost almost $800M; it's the largest public-works project in the history of the state. This effort stretched the Convention Center to North Broad Street and increased the size of the building by about 50%, ostensibly attracting larger conventions that

It's a sad state of affairs these days on Grays Ferry Avenue, with two shuttered supermarkets sitting across the street from each other. For those that don't remember, Bottom Dollar built a new building on Grays Ferry Avenue and opened in early 2014, but closed before the end of that