We passed by 12 S 20th St. today, and were surprised to see business being conducted at this miserable Center City retail location. We don't remember all of the concepts that have operated out of this space over the years, but we do remember that many have tried and all

We were in the neighborhood today, driving around and snapping photos of all the new construction projects going on around Temple, where the latest crop of graduates emerged into a white hot job market just last week. Were we generally aggravated by the number of closed streets due to said

Fletcher Street runs north-ish by south-ish through Fishtown, though it disappears and reappears repeatedly as you trek through the neighborhood. By the time we found the 1200 block of Fletcher Street, right off of Girard Ave., we'd made three wrong turns and almost ended up on I-95. We did eventually

According to the ZBA, we could soon see some new homes go up near 5th and George Sts., in Northern Liberties. 973-75 N. 5th St., a 4,400 sqft parcel that includes an empty lot, a row-home like building, and a bunch of warehouse space that fronts Orkney St., was put

A couple of weeks ago, we brought a new, nearly complete mixed-use building at 12th and Latona Sts. to your attention, mentioning the beginnings of interior demolition work at the large, vacant warehouse next door. This will be the site of the second, much larger phase of this development, which

Last month, we confirmed that CVS was indeed coming to South Street West, replacing a surface parking lot.

The other day, we noticed that work has begun at the site at 22nd and South Sts., with the old fence removed, concrete and dirt moved around, and some lovely, mature trees coming down.

It's

According to this story from the Daily News, a new, six story building will soon rise at 249-57 S 13th St., currently a vacant lot and a two story parking garage owned by the RDA. As you can see in the photo below from 1959, the garage once had four

We stopped for a tasty salad at One Shot Cafe the other day and noticed two different, unrelated projects taking place in the vicinity. Immediately next door at 215 W George St., an empty lot that we've wondered about for quite some time is on its way to becoming a

When Rocky ascended the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1976, he assured the iconic structure’s permanent place in pop culture lure.  Had the Italian Stallion attempted the feat 80 years prior, he might have drowned . . . and sullied our water supply to boot.  Where the majestic Greek-revivalist building now

At last night's SOSNA zoning meeting, developer Harvey Ostroff presented plans for a new three story home at 1418 Pemberton St., a currently vacant lot on one of the less desirable blocks in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood.

The southern side of this block not ideal, with (present and future) Artisan garages occupying