Immediately next door to Vientiane Cafe, on the 4700 block of Baltimore, sits a super-wide vacant lot that seems pretty well maintained. With Vientiane, Dahlak, Vietnam Cafe, and Mariposa all thriving on this block, it seems a little odd that this well-located and sizable lot would sit vacant. So... we

Yesterday, we noticed that fences have gone up around the nearly one-hundred year old Bob Morris building at 17th and Arch Sts. Purchased for $6.5M in 2004 by 1701 Partners LP, the building's interior was demoed in 2007 in anticipation of a new Kimpton Hotel leasing the building. In the

During the last building boom in Philadelphia, many proposals came down the pike but never happened. This is nothing new. Philadelphia, like many other cities, has seen countless potential projects stall and die over the years. Here's a look at some projects that never happened, most of which never

NewMarket Mall, opened in 1975 and pretty much in trouble ever since, has been a concrete wasteland in the heart of Society Hill since 2002.

Since NewMarket's immediate flop in the mid-seventies, several developers and investors have come onto the scene to try to find success at this site. Almost twenty

This 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom condo offers 1150 sqft. of living space on a cobblestone alley in Society Hill. Numerous original details like exposed brick and exposed beams and columns, revealing the building's history as a colonial-era barn. Enter into the dining room, which flows into the living room, featuring

According to an A.D. Amorosi article in last week's Inquirer, the Foodery will be opening a new location at 22nd and South Sts. in the near future. For those who have never heard of the Foodery, <GASP!> there are two excellent locations at this time. The original, at 10th and

There is currently a good deal of construction activity going on at 24th and Brown Sts., with ten houses going up that are collectively named Fairmount Court 2.0. A couple of years ago, ten houses were built at N. Ringgold and Brown Sts., which sold for between $600K and $800K+,

The Henry C. Mustin Naval Aircraft Factory was once a base used for the construction and testing of aircraft for the U.S. Navy. Located at the Navy Yard, Mustin was created during World War I as a reaction to the refusal of private airplane manufacturers to build

We were originally drawn to this location by the sight of a rather unattractive, seemingly newly constructed building, built mostly out of cinderblock. When making our way toward this monolith, we noticed a number of poured foundations along the way. Looking to the past on Google Maps, we see that

This 2 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom condo offers nearly 1700 sqft. of living space. Eat-in kitchen has stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, and a slightly dizzying black and white tile pattern on the floor. On the same level are a living room with hardwood floors and a powder room with granite