It was during our college days (back when the year began with a one and a nine) that we first started wondering about the dueling vacancies on the northeast and northwest corners of Broad & Washington. As the years have rolled off the calendar, various developers have come forward with

Traveling up 5th Street on a lovely day last week, some construction caught our eye on 5th Street, about half a block south of the Queen's Walk project. The work was particularly notable because it was taking place well beyond the street, with the foundation looking like a bit of

When the Bean Exchange closed their doors last summer at 7th & Bainbridge after a nearly decade-long run, we simply assumed that another cafe would not replace it. We expected an apartment conversion, perhaps. After all, there are just so many coffee shops in the area, like Shot Tower at 6th

New student housing in Powelton Village is hardly news these days, but a reader reached out to us recently, wondering about the construction now taking place at 409 N 41st St., just a little to the north of Baring Street. We visited to see what was going on, and while

A couple years back, we told you about a blighted former auto repair shop at 1200 Spring Garden St. and wondered whether it could get redeveloped at some point in the near future. Oh, for a detailed history of this property from the profound and profane GroJLart, click here (RIP City

We've had our eye on 2835-37 W. Girard Ave. for many years now, and our vigilance has finally been rewarded. We first brought this property to your attention about four years ago, noting that it had been damaged in a fire a few years prior and had sat vacant and

It's true, there are many homes in Francisville that are standard brick row homes with unfortunate vinyl covering their original cornices. They're like thousands of other row homes in Philadelphia, and similar structures can be found in countless other neighborhoods around town.Plenty of homes in the neighborhood look like thisBut

When we told you yesterday that the Fitzwater Church of God will soon get torn down, last summer's demolition of the nearby New Hope Temple Baptist Church came up, unsurprisingly. When we last checked in on that property at 711 S. 12th St., demolition was just getting underway. As you

As we were zipping up 3rd Street yesterday, a sign on a one-story garage at 722 N. 3rd St. caught our eye. It's not so common that we cover the planned construction of a one-off home, but when the developers are kind enough to post a sign with a rendering,

Development continues all over South Kensington, so it's no shock that we have news today about another project that's way up at the tippy top of the neighborhood. Yesterday, we recieved a press release describing a new project planned for 182-188 W. Berks St., a lot that's currently some kind