After years of failed attempts, that once included plans for a McDonald’s, 30 N. 41st Street in West Powelton is finally being developed. It will be the first L.E.E.D. Platinum Pre-Certified Building in Philadelphia, which is probably the next best thing to a new construction McDonald's.

Developers University Place Associates broke ground on the 2.0 University

In October, we told you about 1318 South St., one of the more unique buildings we've seen go up recently, with round bays you just don't see very often around town. It replaced two traditional row home structures that appear to have once held commercial spaces on their first floors.

We've brought a couple of projects to your attention from the people at  Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Corporation in the past. Most recently, we gave you heads up about a property across from the singing fountain that's still in the process of being redone. Previously, we pointed out a couple of other PARC-driven

A 15-unit mixed income development in Norris Square on the site of the former St. Boniface Church at Diamond and Hancock Sts., demolished last year, is the center in a vortex of heated debate between local residents and Councilwoman Maria Quiñones Sanchez.

Now that the City Planning Commission voted 5-2 last month to approve Sanchez’s recently drafted

Architecturally, Northern Liberties has it all. On the same block, you can find ultra-contemporary new construction, a former factory that's been converted into loft apartments, and traditional Philadelphia row homes. Throughout the neighborhood, you can probably find everything in between.

And while we here at Naked Philly are often all about

Thanks in part to a $2.75M redevelopment assistance grant from Governor Corbett, it seems that Mantua will be getting a new supermarket in the next couple of years. Termed "Westview Plaza" by development partner Aquinas Realty Partners, this project has the potential to transform a depressed section of a neighborhood

A reader who knows what we like checked in and gave us the heads up about a new residential development on the way in Pennsport, near numerous other homes that have gone up in the past several years. South of Washington Ave., between Front and 2nd Sts., a few dozen

Tons of compost are on the way in West Philly. We mean this literally, thanks to a new composting project soon to be initiated by who else but the folks at University City District (UCD).  They’ve got so many good ideas about creating viable, sustainable communities (to check for yourself click here and follow the links),

We were in the neighborhood today, skulking around the less-traveled streets, and stumbled upon these two homes, currently under construction in Northern Liberties. Located at 924-26 N Leithgow St., these new homes are immediately adjacent to the Seedy Acres Community Garden.

These homes sit on 18'x43' lots which were each purchased

The site of the Palumbo Recreation Center is the first example of what will be a recurring theme for the Delorean Time Machine: places where Philadelphians used to be buried.  Today, Palumbo’s sprawling fields, baseball diamond, playground and basketball courts occupy the full block between Bainbridge, Fitzwater and 9th, and 10th Streets.

However,