As we saw last year, proximity to old railroad tracks is definitely not a barrier to redevelopment around Port Richmond. So we weren't shocked to see a proposal for a small apartment building come before the ZBA this week on a residential block just north of a short railroad spur.

Folks have been living in Philadelphia for a long time, so under any patch of grass there's at least a chance you might stumble upon some archaeological artifacts. That might seem like a banal observation, but with the recent proliferation of historic districts in Philadelphia, it's proven to be a

We're always down for a stroll around town, and the city looks extra magical with a few inches of snow on the ground. Ditto, a playoff win for the hometown football team. On a recent walk, we noticed progress at the mixed-use project at 6237-45 Germantown Ave., across the intersection

Though the 1100 block of E. Berks St. was historically a residential street, Heclyn Precision Gear Company built a small factory and warehouse at 1112-16 E. Berks St. back in the late 1960s. We don't think it's a coincidence that this building was constructed right around the time that I-95

We can't be the only ones wondering what's going on with the long awaited but yet uninitiated project at the former Wendy's on Walnut Street, right? Back in 2021 we covered the plans for a 198 unit building at 1101 Walnut St., which was actually a revision from an earlier proposal

Many of Philadelphia's residential blocks present a conflict between facts on the ground and underlying zoning. One easy example is Washington Avenue, which is zoned for industrial use but keeps seeing mixed-use projects move forward on the corridor. Or we can consider the countless blocks that are zoned for single

Today we sojourn to the Burholme neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, mere steps from Cheltenham and lower wage taxes. Just a couple blocks away from the city's edge sits the intersection of Cottman, Rising Sun, and Oxford Avenues, more commonly known to locals as "Five Points." Should you find yourself driving

For those who don't have information on obscure Pennsylvania laws at their fingertips, Act 135 allows a court-appointed conservator to bring a blighted property into code compliance, or alternatively facilitate its redevelopment. This statute has caused some controversy over the years for all the obvious reasons. But at the same

Owners of former industrial sites in Manayunk building residential mixed-use projects was a story we covered frequently in 2024, and from the looks of it that trend will continue in the new year. At the very least, things are continuing to progress at 4045 Main St. since our visit last

The Eagles won a playoff game yesterday (Go Birds!) and quite unexpectedly, the local basketball team was perhaps a bigger story. Since the summer of 2022, we've been writing about 76 Place, the proposed new Sixers arena at 10th & Market. The project went through a few different iterations, required