When fire strikes, our first, second, and third thoughts go out to the building's residents, tenants, and/or owners, as well as the brave fire fighters, with the hope that everyone is OK. In the days that follow, assuming that everyone is alright, we start to wonder about what might come

What neighborhood would you consider the intersection of 40th Street, Haverford Avenue, and Lancaster Avenue? Belmont? North Haverford? West Powelton? Whatever name you assign this pocket of West Philadelphia, there's no doubt that it's gone through a physical transformation over the last few years as new infill projects have replaced

Over the years we've spent a lot of time covering projects along N. American Street, as few corners of Philadelphia have changed as much as this pocket where East Kensington, South Kensington, and Norris Square meet. While many of these projects have been on the larger side, plans for a

Don't you just love it when a parking lot gets turned into housing? We certainly do. One such metamorphosis is currently in its very early stages in Kensington at 3001 Martha St., a longtime municipal lot. This parcel is located along a railroad spur and was used as a coal

While much of Germantown is zoned for single family homes, there are a few pockets where apartments are permitted, like the property next to Germantown Town Hall which we covered earlier this month. Due to the limited by-right opportunities in this evolving neighborhood, blocks with more permissively zoned properties can

Here's a profoundly uncontroversial take: We love Passyunk Avenue. We appreciate the way it combines modern day Philadelphia with an old school South Philly vibe. We dig the restaurants, the coffee shops, the boutiques, the people watching, the street fairs, the fountain, and so much more. But the Passyunk Avenue

We've been taking advantage of these pleasant late summer days to check out some of the new construction in West Philly, and we recently noticed that 4408 Lancaster Ave., located along the border between Haverford North and Belmont, seems complete and is available for lease. We last wrote about this

Have you ever visited an intersection and found yourself struck by just how much it has changed over a short period of time? That's exactly what happened to us recently in West Powelton, when we found ourselves on the corner of 41st & Haverford. In just about every direction, we

With another steamy summer coming to an end, we can certainly understand the appeal of living in leafy West Mount Airy. As some of our recent coverage of new projects in the area has mentioned, the zoning code severely curtails where multi-family buildings can be built in Northwest Philadelphia. So

At today's meeting, along with approving the controversial Washington West Historic District, the Historical Commission also gave final approval to the latest plans for a seven story mixed-use building at 1423 Spruce St., in the Rittenhouse Fitler Historic District. While the existing building is non-contributing, the Commission still has jurisdiction