It may still feel like summer, but the Civic Design Review Committee just released the agenda for their first meeting after Labor Day. One project that immediately caught our attention was a 495 spot parking garage proposed in West Powelton. The five tier structure at 17 N 41st St. will

When the Philadelphia Historical Commission gave their final approval for 8 townhomes on the site of the St. Laurentius church last May, you might have thought this was finally the end of their involvement in a saga which has dragged out for about a decade. But of course this case

We'll never forget attending the 2008 "WFC" Phillies parade, seeing Pat Burrell and his dog Elvis leading the charge down Broad Street in a horse-drawn wagon from Budweiser. Our parade-watching spot was the 700 block of S. Broad Street, across from 777 South Broad, which was under construction at the

The Chinatown Stitch project to cap part of I-676 through Center City may be facing an existential financial problem with the federal Neighborhood Access and Equity program targeted for cuts in Trump's latest budget bill. Despite this, the planning process continues to push forward. Just like we saw with a

Maybe it's just because we love cool old buildings, but our favorite part of HBO's The Gilded Age is seeing what the fabulous mansions of the era looked like in their heyday, or at least Hollywood's efforts to recreate them. We don't think we'd want to travel back in time

Over the years we've written quite a bit about North Broad Street, covering projects like the 344 units at Broad + Noble (located at Broad & Noble, 'natch), 410 units at LVL North at Broad & Spring Garden, and many others. And the revamping continues on North Broad. We strolled

The Philadelphia Art Commission posted their August agenda this morning and it surprisingly included a settlement between the City of Philadelphia and the Frank L. Rizzo Monument Committee on the fate of the Frank Rizzo Statue. This statue once stood in front of the Municipal Services Building at 1401 JFK

We visited the 1500 block of N. Stillman St. back in 2017 and found a block that was in pretty rough shape. The eastern side of the block was home to a handful of intact homes, but was dominated by vacant land, illegally stored cars, and blight. The western side

It's been nearly three years since the University of the Sciences merged with St. Joe's, but real estate repercussions are still playing out. USciences received the vacant lots at 1258-60 S 45th St from the Redevelopment Authority more than 20 years ago, at a time before the blocks around Clark

I'm at the cafe. I'm at the artist studios. I'm at the combination cafe and artist studios in a former church. We've covered countless churches being being converted to apartments over the years, but the recently approved project at the former Messiah Reformed Church at 2311 S 13th St. will