A few years back, we told you that a rather skinny surface parking lot at the southeast corner of 12th & Vine would be redeveloped by local developer Callahan Ward into a six-story apartment building with views of I-676. And we must give credit where it's due, the development team,

It's been a long and boring road for the sizable surface parking lot at the northeast corner of 5th & Bainbridge over the last several years - but it appears that something could finally happen here in the near future. To review, we first brought this property to your attention

A surface lot at 3001 Chestnut St. should be gone by this time next year, and we couldn't be more tickled. This property is also known (by fewer and fewer people) as the former home of Abbott's Dairy, a local dairy concern that closed down during the Reagan administration. The

To put it mildly, things have changed quite dramatically around Broad & Fairmount over the last half decade or so. You may recall, the Divine Lorraine is located at the southeast corner of this intersection, representing one of the architectural gems of North Broad Street. Unfortunately, the building fell out

Cruising down 15th Street through Francisville the other day, we noticed some ongoing construction that didn't fit a standard we've come to expect around here, or anywhere else in town, for that matter. The construction in question is taking place at 857 and 859 N. 15th St., two properties on

About fifteen years ago, we had the misfortune of having our car stolen off the street in the Logan Square neighborhood. That car, a 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, was truly a piece of junk, and before it was stolen we often made the joke that it was such a lousy

As new residential development has pushed out in all directions from Temple University, the low hanging fruit was grabbed and devoured years ago. As such, new projects have slowed down, thanks to fewer intuitive development opportunities, combined with high prices for desirable parcels. This has resulted in projects with unexpected

Front Street, also never known as 1st Street, was at one time the most important street in Philadelphia, at least according to Wikipedia. It's a bummer that Front Street fell so far from grace over the years, getting the short end of the stick in the River Wards, sitting under

The area around Temple University has seen a surge in construction over the last decade plus, with hundreds of projects filling long vacant lots around the neighborhood. These projects range in size from single family homes to sizable apartment buildings, and have dramatically changed student life at Temple, expanding housing

A couple weeks ago, we shared the news that the northwest corner of 13th & Bainbridge was finally getting redeveloped, after years of vacancy. We noted that L&I had issued a zoning permit for a 46-unit building, but were otherwise short on details. We did know, however, that the development