It was less than a year ago that we told you about plans for a new 19 unit mixed-use building at the site of the former Kensington Community Food Co-op. But earlier this week, we discovered a permit for a revised version of this project. Named 'The Lehigh Building," the

If you caught our story the other day about a church in Fairhill doomed to demolition, you'll remember that we suggested that public assistance would be necessary to spur sizable projects in this pocket of North Philadelphia. We thought we had been immediately proven wrong when we subsequently discovered a

Kim's Cleaners operated for years out of a double-wide building at the southwest corner of 20th & Waverly. While this business provided a valuable service in a part of town that's home to the largest percentage of professionals in the city, the one-story building always kind of bugged us, representing

North American Street in South Kensington is undergoing a slow and uneven transition before our eyes. This has historically been an industrial corridor, so much so that there was once a rail line running down the middle of this extra-wide street. With South Kensington emerging as an attractive neighborhood for

Given its size and its age, Philadelphia boasts more old churches than most other cities in America. These old religious buildings have evolved with their neighborhoods, as demographics have changed and congregations have come and gone. As Philadelphia's population has shrunk and its residents have become less religious, many old

2nd Street in Old City might be known for its restaurants, but a person that wants to open such a business in this pocket of Center City maddeningly requires permission from the City's zoning board. Because these properties sit within the Old City Residential Area of the Center City Overlay

Aside from the main arteries of Germantown and Chelten Avenues, most of Germantown is zoned for single family homes. So it's a cause for celebration when we hear about projects that offer any kind of density, especially when those projects aren't on one of those major corridors. For example, when

We tend to focus on larger projects here at Naked Philly, but sometimes a smaller proposal grabs our attention just because it looks cool. And that's exactly the case with a three story mixed-use building at 329 E. Girard Ave. that came before the ZBA last week.While Frankford Avenue gets

Just as housing for the living shapes the built environment of our cities, so too does housing for the deceased. It might be a bit macabre, but learning about cemeteries can help us learn about history of many neighborhoods in Philadelphia. Take, for example, the massive Cathedral Cemetery in Mills

Housing development may have slowed across Philadelphia of late, but that's not really the case in Manayunk, where good sized residential and mixed-use projects along the Main Street corridor continue securing approvals to redevelop former industrial sites near the Schuylkill River. But sometimes the approval process takes quite some time and