We have another Front Street project to bring to your attention, just up the block from the unexpected outdoor seating area associated with Five Sisters Ice Cream Parlor. We actually snapped a photo of 2017 N. Front St. a couple weeks ago, but when we realized that the property extended

Developers Callahan Ward are interested in turning a vacant, somewhat overgrown lot at 309-11 Green St., into five single-family homes designed by Interface Studio Architects. When they appeared before the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association zoning board in July, the NLNA asked developers to reappear. Once again—height was the issue, according

We've been fascinated by old movie theaters for as long as we can remember. There's just something about that old marquee that transports us to a time long before we were born, before megaplexes, when movie premieres were a thing and people actually got dressed up to go to see

Another historic building in West Philadelphia has met its ruin. Demolition wrapped up recently the Levy-Leas House, an 1850s Italianate mansion at 40th & Pine, marking the end of a long fight between neighbors and Penn officials who over the years have proposed various projects there, at times prompting neighbors to

We bring development opportunities to your attention on a fairly regular basis, and it's always satisfying to see a developer jump on one of our recommendations. The most recent example can be found at 1711-15 Fairmount Ave., a parcel that sits between a mixed-use building and Stone's Beverage Center. We told

A fire severely damaged the former Suit Corner building on the southwest corner of 3rd & Market back in the spring of 2014, resulting in its demolition. In the time that's passed since then, the corner has sat empty. Meanwhile the northeast corner, formerly home of the Shirt Corner, has

Point Breeze has clearly experienced a major development bump in recent years, with projects spread all over the neighborhood. It's at a point now where it's tough to find any block that doesn't have at least one project ongoing at the moment. Some blocks even have multiple projects under construction

A couple weeks ago, we told you about a church on the 1500 block of Cambridge St. that will soon get torn down and replaced by five triplexes. At the same time, we wondered whether this project might result in the renovation of some rougher looking homes on the street.When

It was at the end of 2011 that we first brought your attention to seven homes, then new, at the corner of Mascher & Master in South Kensington. A developer with ties to Tower Investments, or maybe just a subsidiary, had demolished an old warehouse and had plans to build dozens of

In recent months we've covered a few Fishtown projects located right next to Aramingo Avenue, like three homes currently under construction on E. Cumberland St. and two new homes on Gaul Street, across from the Sergeant Storage facility. So it comes as no surprise that we're now seeing plans for a