As we've covered before, the line between the southern end of Mantua and the northern end of the Drexel's campus has begun to blur in recent years. More and more, older buildings are redeveloped and new buildings are constructed on Spring Garden St., Haverford Ave., and others, to house the

If you happen upon 1624 S. 2nd St., you'll see a little empty lot among a number of fairly well maintained, three story homes. This lot seems to be used as a little garden, and at the very least is one of the more innocuous patches of vacant land we've

Last week, we told you about plans to construct a large building on the 1200 block of Buttonwood Street, next door to the most excellent Prohibition Taproom. Well, it seems like the development spirit is alive and well on this block, as we have news today about another development that's

In the winter, we gave you a sneak peek at Fitz4, a bold new development from Metro Impact, coming eventually to the Graduate Hospital neighborhood. At the time, we pulled some preliminary renderings off of the developer's Facebook page, just to give you an idea of the creative architecture that

As you've surely noticed over the last decade, Wawa has been making a steady trek away from the corner store model that we've come to know and love over the years, and toward a suburban concept, including the sale of reasonably priced gasoline. While that's well and good for our parents

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Back in April, Spruce Hill Community Association President Barry Grossbach told us “the last chapter has yet to be written,” after the ZBA denied a Wine and Spirits application for a location in the strip mall located at 43rd and Chestnut Streets in University City.

Before the decision members of the SHCA drafted a

The other day, while perusing the Inquirer, we read about a new promotion at Sugarhouse: Sugarbeach. Today, we had a chance to check it out and if nothing else we'll give credit to the Sugarhouse people for trying to think a little outside the box.

You may recall that back in

A reader gave us the heads up that a hole had appeared on Wharton Street in Pennsport, directly behind four newish construction homes. When we made our way over to 1301 S. Philip St., we noticed that the forms were already in place, indicating that foundations would be getting poured

In January, Michael Loonstyn of MJL Properties (the guy who did the condo conversion of the Calvary Church) went before the ZBA requesting a number of variances for 831-53 N 19th St., just south of the bustling corner of 19th & Poplar. The large development will include, as we read the