The city block encircled by Walnut Street, 30th Street, Chestnut Street, and 31st Street is one of the more unusual blocks in town, despite its prominent West Philly location. Thanks to the nearby Schuylkill River crossings, Walnut and Chestnut Street slope up, creating an upper level that you've surely traveled any

The 4200 block of Market Street is a bit odd if you ask us, with a real estate mix that one surely wouldn't predict given its close proximity to the University of Pennsylvania. One might expect a whole bunch of student housing. Or maybe some businesses that target the student market. Alternately,

A few months back, we asked you to consider 2740 Amber St. shortly after the project appeared at Civic Design Review. We pointed out the property's history as both a dye works and a scrap yard, noting that its proximity to the freight train tracks that run beyond Lehigh Avenue made it an ideal industrial

We were scanning through the latest zoning permits with the utmost speed the other day, and noticed a number of new zoning permits on a street called Pietro Way. This street was familiar, but we couldn't quite place the location. Thankfully, Google Maps is a thing, and upon looking up

It's been a little over a year since we last checked in on 1400 S. 33rd St., a building which was constructed in the 1930s by Coca Cola for use as a bottling plant. You may recall that at that time, demolition was just starting at the northern end of the

Roughly five years ago, we asked you to consider the ridiculous underuse at the southeast corner of 12th & Sansom, noting that Brickstone had purchased the two-story parking garage at the site but didn't yet have a decision on what to do with the well located property. This acquisition made sense,

The intersection of Frankford Avenue, E. York Street, and Trenton Avenue is one of the most challenging in the city, a rare five corner intersection, with the sixth corner just off to the side. All this chaos is incredibly hazardous to everyone, from pedestrians to bikers to drivers, and will soon result in

There's some new demolition activity on Point Breeze Avenue, and it portends the largest mixed-use project on this corridor in living memory. Speaking of living memory, let's pour one out for the building that stood here for the last century or so, which was historically the home of a Kresce

Spak Group has been developing in West and Southwest Philly for several years, and we've covered a few of their projects over time. As we've shown, this developer has made a bit of a name for themselves, being especially sensitive to the community as they consider their projects. Years ago, we told

It's another day, and there's another downtown demolition in the works. A story in the Inquirer details that demolitions permits are in place for 730-32 Chestnut St., a pair of four-story buildings at the southeast corner of 8th & Chestnut. In place of these rather handsome edifices, developers are planning a