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

A South Philly reader checked in with us the other day, wondering about a recently noticed zoning poster near their house on the 100 block of Fernon Street. This zoning poster appeared recently on a fence at 135 Fernon St., which is a rather odd property that doesn't exactly fit

You'll be forgiven if you've never visited the 1400 block of S. Taylor Street - or any block of Taylor Street, for that matter. For the uninitiated, Taylor is a north-south street which runs between 24th and 25th Streets, disappearing and reappearing with little rhyme or reason. It runs continuously

While South Kensington is home to a number of interesting industrial buildings that date back over a century, it's got more than its share of blah industrial buildings as well. The edifice at 1300 N. Howard St. is one such building, standing just one story tall and covering over an

Since the summer, we've told you about more projects on Chestnut Street in West Philly than we can even remember, off the cuff. These new projects make all the sense in the world, as Penn remains one of the biggest job centers in town, ditto the hospital system nearby, and

There's a new project coming to 1600 N. 11th St., and it's giving us some seriously mixed emotions. Currently, this property is used as a surface parking lot, as has been the case for about two decades. And we hate surface parking lots! This one is no exception.This month, developers

We have always had a soft spot for old cinemas, standing in direct contrast to our feelings about surface parking lots. While we stan buildings with leftover architectural details, like (what's left of) the Boyd or the Leader on Lancaster or the Diamond on Germantown Avenue, we're also fond of