In Point Breeze, much of the redevelopment we cover takes place west of say, 18th Street. The reason for this is simple- in general, this area reached a more blighted state than the section of the neighborhood immediately west of Broad Street. Taking a trip down 15th Street paints a

In South Kensington just north of 7th & Girard, the 1200 block of N. 7th St. presents a number of development opportunities, but here, patience may be the key. We think it’s too early for this block to see a transformation like the 2400 block of Frankford Ave. saw the

Maybe we're just showing our age here, but it doesn't seem like all that long ago that the two block walk from 700 Club at 2nd & Fairmount to Standard Tap at 2nd & Poplar was a blighted tour of closed-down industrial buildings and shuttered commercial spaces. Today, things couldn't be more

A little over a year ago, a fire ravaged an old warehouse at the corner of 2nd & Wharton. By last summer, the damaged building was demolished and plans were in the works for eleven new homes at this location. We last stopped by in September, when the first phase

When we last visited 1412 S. 7th St., developers had just presented plans to the Passyunk Square Civic Association to convert the blighted former auto shop into ten apartment units. According to the L&I Map, the project resulted in some give-and-take, and the developers eventually agreed to cut the number

Drexel has officially begun one of its major continuing contributions to Lancaster Avenue in University City as it broke ground on a $170M 24-story mixed-use project at 3400 Lancaster Ave.  in November.View of the old building, from 34th StreetRecent shot, looking down Lancaster Ave.The project will include space for 1,300

A reader asked us the other day whether we knew anything about the new construction taking place on the southwest corner of 2nd & Laurel. The address certainly rang a bell, and then we remembered- we last thought about this project over a year ago! Back then, a demolition notice

A few houses down from the recently completed mixed-used building on the northeast corner of 19th & Fairmount, exterior work on a triplex at 1827 Fairmount Ave. looks like it was recently completed.Current viewPreviously, the first floor of the property featured a dull crawfish red front that looked like it

Over the summer, we first told you about plans for the construction of twelve new homes on the 1300 block of Chadwick Street in Point Breeze. This string of lots, 1307-29 Chadwick St., has been vacant for many years, and the block as a whole, which sits between 16th & 17th,

Only the remnants of two historic brownstones remained when we passed by 38th & Chestnut a couple of weeks ago. You may recall, the owner of these buildings, the Philadelphia Episcopal Church, last year claimed that their demolition and the subsequent redevelopment of the land upon which they sat was