5700-04 Germantown Ave. has had a long and interesting life at a major crossroads within Germantown’s main commercial strip. With a few recent L&I violations to pair with the graffiti and broken gates, this building that was most recently a Villa Shoe Store has certainly seen better days. But we

Having an Ivy League institution in your backyard can add a fun twist in the world of real estate, and the University of Pennsylvania is certainly no exception. With an endowment currently exceeding $20B, they have a few bucks to spend here and there and they aren’t bashful towards building

We've seen a trend of Flatiron-style buildings popping up in the last couple years, with a project now complete in Queen Village and another currently under construction in Fishtown. As is the case with the actual Flatiron building, these buildings have unique wedge-shaped designs thanks to diagonal streets that slice

The long-vacant lot at that runs southeast from the intersection of Reed Street and Christopher Columbus Blvd. has had a pretty wild life, at least as far as long-vacant lots go. Historically, this enormous property was used for a variety of industrial purposes, with a sugar refinery and a train

Spring Garden Street east of Broad is undergoing quite the renaissance, thanks in part to the Rail Park to the south and numerous projects various sizes changing the face of West Poplar to the north. With Union Transfer and PhilaMoca just steps apart, restaurants and breweries within a few minutes

Please ignore the title of this blog post and its location tag for a minute, if you don't mind. We're going to show you a photo of a building and we're going to ask you to guess the neighborhood where it's located. And just to be clear, we're talking about

East Kensington has seen an avalanche of development lately, and to say the area has transformed would be a bit of an understatement. We remember visiting Urban Axes several years ago and it's safe to say that there wasn’t quite as much going on back then, unless you're a fan

Bread Street in Old City has been one of our favorite little streets for quite some time. This cobblestone-lined path is the rare one-block street in this town, running north-south between 2nd and 3rd Streets, starting at Arch Street and ending forever at Race Street. With Paddy’s Pub on the

Antique Row is a neither an antique, nor a row. Discuss.All joking aside, Antique Row is located roughly on the 900-1100 blocks of Pine Street, and it shows up on Philadelphia tourist maps as a commercial destination. According to a Hidden City story from ten years ago, the Antique Row

The momentum we’ve seen over the last few years on N. Front St. has shown no sign of slowing down. Development keeps creeping further north as more and more people flock to the convenience of a major transit corridor, with the El literally over your head. Oh, and being sandwiched