In Sunday's Inquirer, Bob Warner discussed City Hall's intention to increase the number of properties auctioned off at monthly tax delinquent sheriff sales to 600 by January, 2012. The additional ink on this issue likely stems from "The Delinquency Crisis," published in last week's Inquirer, in cooperation with Plan Philly.

Olde Richmond appears to be gaining a new music recording studio, according to a recent application for zoning variance via the ZBA. A corner location at 2634-36 E Cumberland St, just off Aramingo Avenue near the Port Richmond Shopping Center strip, currently houses Clayt's Auto Repair Center (previously

On Saturday, Lenfest Plaza took one step closer to completion with the installation of Claes Oldenburg's sculpture, Paint Torch. From the looks of it, considerable progress has been made at this site since our last update. Check the our mini-gallery of the installation. Photos are by Sean Tucker.

We can't wait

If you are ever on Locust St. between 12th and 13th Sts., you might notice the last wooden street in Philadelphia and possibly America. Camac St., the so-called "Little Street of Clubs," is paved with one-thousand oak cubes between Locust and Walnut Sts. It is the

We may not have been officially nominated, but we still got an award for Best New Blog at Philly Geek Awards!

Thanks, Geekadelphia!

Thanks, Bacon!

Congratulations to the other winner, Drink Philly.

Heading east on Bainbridge St., we noticed a house going up at the corner of Bainbridge and Marvine Sts. With two new buildings immediately next door, seems it was only a matter of time before this lot got built.

These duplexes, 1112 and 1114 Bainbridge St., were built by Rufo Properties.

This 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom new construction house offers 3400 sqft. of living space. Finished basement with tile floors and exposed brick accents would make for a quality media room or family room. Kitchen includes granite countertops, stainless Bosch appliances, 42" maple cabinets, and a tile backsplash. Modern bathrooms are

According to a zoning application, Cornelius Roche, owner of 1533 Parrish St., was intending to demolish the building and replace it with a parking lot with twenty-nine spaces.

While this building isn't likely to win an architectural award any time soon, it seems a little odd to tear down this building

A reader tipped us off about construction taking place at the corner of 21st and Annin Sts., so we found five minutes when it wasn't pouring and checked it out. When we arrived on the scene, there was no work actively going on, but we did discover six fresh foundations

The rather striking building on the southwest corner of 22nd and Summer Sts. has a retail vacancy to the tune of 6000 sqft. We were curious about which space was available- the first floor on this corner could be desirable for a retail business. We were also interested to find