2nd Street, between Spring Garden and Girard, transforms from a standard city street into an extra-wide, Nascar track for most of its length in Northern Liberties. Only one block in the neighborhood, between Spring Garden and Fairmount, retains its original width. Not surprisingly, there's quite a bit of retail on this

A couple of months ago, we broke the news that vacant eyesore 1612-16 South Street was under agreement, and that the buyer intended to build something that included both residential and commercial units. Last night, representatives for the developer (including a representative from OCF Realty) presented an information session for

When you live in a Philly row home, the sun could be hanging like a medallion outside, and the streets alight like a storybook photograph and you can enter your home and sit by the front window and almost be convinced it’s raining outside. Darn neighbors blocking your light! We

Back in November, we gave you the heads up about First Steel, a new Postgreen project at 1703-05 N. Howard St., in Kensington. At the time, this was still an empty lot, and the project was still in the planning stages. We were in the area a few days back,

A large, vacant commercial space at 1222 Walnut St. was, for years, home to Stapler Dress N Drape. A large space in Center City, with a friendly staff, its existence allowed folks hunting for fabric to avoid the shlep down to Fabric Row. After it closed in 2006, the building

We were passing through the neighborhood today, dodging cement mixers and pickup trucks, and spotted two new homes going up at 1712 and 1714 Manton St., in Point Breeze. These two homes will make it six new construction homes in a row on this block (not counting the still-vacant lot

We bring you yet another community initiative from the folks at University District (UCD), who, beginning today from 11 to 2 (and continuing this time every Wednesday through fall), will host a weekly farmer's market at The Porch, located on the southern side of 30th Street Station.

In addition to the

For years, we've wondered about two blighted buildings next door to the SOSNA office. This office is a huge resource, providing information, recycling bins, and more to neighborhood residents, but the two buildings next door are peek into the neighborhood's (surprisingly) recent past, when hundreds of vacant properties littered the

Over the last several days, we've given you the heads up about a number of properties currently under construction and about to be under construction on the 900 block of skinny Leithgow Street, in Northern Liberties. Today, we have a little more action to report, just a block further north.

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On the other side of the tracks from Fishtown, 100-110 W Oxford St. sits vacant. Most recently occupied by Pieri Creations, a lamp design company, this site was home to the Quaker City Dye Works way back when. In later years, the buildings contained different companies, with a wool mill,