Over a year ago, in the fall of 2012, we wondered whether a developer would see the former Municipal Asphalt building where Fairmount hits Delaware Avenue as worthy of an adaptive reuse. At the time, the shoddy unkempt building was on the market from PIDC for $1.4M. Now it turns

Even though few notable things have happened development-wise on east Market Street in recent years, it still somehow feels like the area is picking up momentum. This is probably due to the collection of different, possibly game-changing plans on the table. But if one of them were to come to

We were in West Philly yesterday, and happened upon a building that's under construction near the corner of 42nd & Chestnut. For the last several years, 4204 Chestnut St. has been a vacant lot, with older buildings on either side. Now, according to the L&I Map and a sign on

For 133 S. 18th St., it's been a rough couple of years. For quite some time, Leehe Fai called this space on the corner of 18th & Moravian home. After that business closed, plans emerged for a Dunkin Donuts to open in its old space. The community wasn't so into

As early as last year, 4923 Osage Ave. was a vacant, debris-filled mess with its rear wall caving in. Now it's an entirely renovated home that’s listed on the market for $349,900. The turnaround was facilitated by Project Rehab, an initiative launched in 2011 by the forward-thinking innovative group at

It's amazing to reflect that just a couple of years ago, the development frontier in northern Point Breeze was Wharton Street. Now, we've seen all kinds of proposals south of Wharton, notably the fifty home project proposed between Wharton and Reed on their 2000 blocks. And of course there are

The northeast corner of 5th & South has come to reflect the identity of its surrounding neighborhood at various points in history, beginning as far back as 1775.  This is when, according to the Library Company of Philadelphia, English gentleman Charles Hurst erected his estate.  At this juncture, according to The Black Bottom,

A reader checked in the other day and gave us the heads up about three projects worth visiting near Grays Ferry & Carpenter. So visit we did and here's what we found:New triplex on Grays FerryAbout two years ago, Metro Impact built the three-condo unit building pictured above on the

Sometime in the last few months, the Lucky Food Market on the southwest corner of 17th & Federal got an exterior makeover, changed their name, and got some new signage. Nobody would argue that they were in need of this upgrade.A couple years backNow, the building looks much better and the

On West Girard in Brewerytown, a number of ongoing renovations are poised to contribute to the renewal of the commercial corridor. Perhaps the most endearing project is the conversion of the slightly bruised historic former St. Augustine Church, built in 1888, on the northwest corner at 27th & Girard, into