Our coverage of the new student housing in West Powelton has been long running and extensive. We've seen, over the last few years, as the 4000 block of Baring Street has changed from a largely open field into a collection of new apartment buildings targeting Penn and Drexel students. We've

Yesterday, thanks to a reader tip, we found ourselves on a Brewerytown block we'd never visited before. Hollywood Street runs between 29th and Myrtlewood Streets, and the 1200 block can be accessed either from Stiles Street or Thompson Street. Almost every home on the block is of the two story

Development in Point Breeze continues to inexorably make its way southward. A few years ago, new construction more or less stopped at Wharton Street. Over time, it's made its way down to Reed Street, Dickinson Street, Tasker Street, and beyond. If you pass by the corner of 20th & Tasker

Today, we're checking out some progress in Market East, a part of Center City seeing an absolute deluge of construction right now. We're all familiar with Market Street itself seeing a makeover with the “East Market” project and the Gallery redo (whenever it finally happens). South of Market Street, Brickstone

We got our car inspected yesterday at a delightful place called Cona Motor on Juniper Street, just a block off of Passyunk Avenue. So we took the opportunity to walk around the neighborhood despite the continuous drizzle. And during this walk, we happened upon some new construction at 1840 S.

A long-vacant mixed-use property at 1401 Reed St. will get some much-needed attention very soon, as new owners recently purchased the property. A neighbor pointed us to an Instagram post from Phillypropertyhunters which shared this exciting news. Yes, the post is a few weeks old, but cut us some slack,

We're always on the lookout for interesting development opportunities around town, and it certainly helps us out when real estate agents post signs that really hammer it home. Such is the case at 251 N. 12th St., a vacant lot at the corner of 12th & Vine that has been

Goldstein's Men's and Boy's Apparel spent over a century selling suits and other clothing to men and boys near 6th & Passyunk. The look of their storefront was certainly unique in the neighborhood, but the building only dates back a few decades. Though it only shows the upper floors, a

A reader reached out to us the other day, wondering about some new framing they noticed on Jefferson Street in South Kensington, just to the west of the El. This parcel, 106-112 W. Jefferson St., had been vacant for several years, but a row of trees on the property made

Much to the relief of near neighbors, the blighted buildings at the southwest corner of 24th & Wharton were demolished a few months ago. The buildings actually had some amazing history, housing a doctor’s office, a rooming house/apartment building, a beer distributor, a restaurant called Reno’s Café, and a community center