
The western end of the Logan Square neighborhood is home to a few apartment buildings with river views, including Riverside Presbyterian Apartments, Rivers Edge Condos, and Edgewater. Edgewater is the newest of this bunch, having been built around a decade and a half ago, alongside an associated parking garage. You
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The 600 block of Moore Street has seen some serious changes since our last visit, which was back in the fall of 2019. At that time, an old industrial building took up the entire block bounded by 6th, 7th, Moore, and McClellan Streets. This hulking edifice was ugly as all
Read MoreLooking Back at 2021 and Peering Into the 2022 Crystal Ball
4 January, 2022 | No Comments | Philadelphia
2021 is in the books, and it was far from business as usual. Covid looked like it was going away, then not, then yes, now no. Streeteries never went away though, except in the areas where they've been arbitrarily declared illegal. The Eagles were terrible, then not so bad, then
Read MoreFour Homes Will Soon Rise, Replacing Pennsport School of Dance
30 December, 2021 | No Comments | Pennsport
A reader reached out to us the other day, wondering about some new construction activity at the corner of 2nd & Mountain in Pennsport. This address, 1632 S. 2nd St., was previously the home of the Pennsport School of Dance, which operated for several years out of this rather unfortunate
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Almost exactly a year ago, we told you about a plan for a new mixed-use building at the northwest corner of 17th & Federal. About a year before that, we told you that the building at the site was being demoed, and we were delighted because the two-story commercial building
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You might recall, just last week we told you about a pair of new buildings on the 200 block of N. 12th Street. In case you don't remember the story, the tldr version is this: developers purchased two long vacant lots on this block which have been used by the
Read MoreGood Lookin’ Building Will Replace Laundromat in Spring Garden
28 December, 2021 | No Comments | Spring Garden
The historic Spring Garden neighborhood is one of the under-appreciated architectural gems in Philadelphia. The neighborhood is home to block after block of intact three and four story brick townhomes, many of which have been chopped up into apartments over the years. Some blocks have some particularly attractive and unusual
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Okay, we should probably be more specific here, as there are two furniture wholesaler buildings on Delaware Avenue. The property we are not talking about is 1130 N. Delaware Ave., which is a white and boxy industrial building, with old signs painted on its facade. This property has been subject
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Back in early 2019, we drew your attention to a new foundation on 20th Street, just north of Snyder Avenue. We noted that 2031 S. 20th St. had been sitting vacant for quite some time, and were stoked to see a foundation awaiting a new four-story building. That project entailed
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