Anyone who is as obsessed with development news as we are was thrilled when we heard recently that the old West Philadelphia High School is finally being redeveloped after roughly five years of vacancy. The school moved into a new facility at 49th & Chestnut in September 2011. The original

Change is coming to Washington Avenue, it's just a matter of when.Over the last several years, there have been a number of large mixed-use projects proposed for Washington Avenue west of Broad Street, but none have yet materialized. From what we know, 1601 Washington has been sitting in legal hell

It was back in the summer of 2014 that we first told you about development plans for 2412 E. Gordon St., a rather large parcel which was at that time home to an out-of-place one-story rancher.Just a couple years agoBack then, developers had come to the community with a plan

Today of all days would be a lousy day to visit Schuylkill River Park, but it's been a mild enough winter that perhaps you've found yourself over there at some point in the last couple of months. And if you have indeed ended up there, you've probably noticed that the

It seems like the renovation of the former YWCA building at 1605 Catharine St. has been in the works forever. It was way back in the summer of 2011 that we first told you that the building was available for sale for $2.2M, discussing the opportunity presented by such a

The 1600 block of South Street has become much more delicious in the last couple of years as a bevy of new restaurants have joined the South Street West corridor. Tio Flores was the most recent addition, opening a few months back at the corner of 16th & South in

We've passed by the former warehouse at 1601 N. Front St. many times over the last several months, repeatedly telling ourselves to find out what's going on with the property. To give some detail, this old warehouse next to the El has been getting work done for quite some time,

Shortly after we posted our story about 2011 Amber St. yesterday, the good people from KJO Architecture reached out to give us some more information about the project. A refresher, the property currently looks like this:Current viewA project has been in the works for this property for quite some time,

Passing through West Philly the other day, we noticed some new construction on the 3800 block of Hamilton. The new building at 3810 Hamilton St., recently framed, sticks out from a distance as it rises above its neighbor.View from the corner of 38th & HamiltonLooking at the project, we assumed

Developers have gone back to the drawing board and now they're giving it another shot at 2011 Amber St. in East Kensington. A few months back, we told you about a two-pronged plan for this property to 1) convert a structure that looks like it was once an auto garage into