As a representative of the Krusty the Clown's Cayman Islands Offshore Holding Corporation once said, "Ah, it's too hot today." A fine day for a swim, wouldn't you say? Unfortunately, if you're a resident of Philadelphia, swimming pools are a little hard to come by this summer, which is to say

Action Builders and Remodelers have operated out of the warehouse at 1418-22 S. 7th St. for as long as we can remember, which is also roughly as far back as Google Street View can recall, about a dozen years. Property records indicate that they've been there far longer, since the mid-1980s.

In Philadelphia and in other cities, a major component of the "urban renewal" movement of the 1940s through the 1960s entailed the wholesale demolition of intact inner city neighborhoods and their replacement with new subsidized housing. In most places, this meant the construction of new apartment towers, like in Hawthorne or Queen Village or Sharswood.

It's a scene of flux at the corner of Mascher & Berks, where industrial buildings are being replaced by (mostly) residential uses. This is incredibly consistent with what we've seen throughout South Kensington over the last decade or so, but it really smacks you in the face when you're looking

The Logan Square neighborhood has been a desirable part of town for decades, meaning most of the buildable lots were developed long ago. As a result, it's news any time there's a project of any size in this neighborhood, as they don't come around very often. Of course, the bigger the

A reader reached out the other day, giving us the heads up that construction is finally moving forward at 1019 E. Columbia Ave., a mere five years after we first looked at the property. Back then, developers had purchased this large parcel at the intersection of Columbia Ave. and Salmon

Often, when we visit a part of town with an agenda to write about a specific project, we'll meander around the general area looking for other ongoing projects that we might not have known about. Given the number of projects that have taken place on Front Street north of Girard

It was about a year and a half ago that we last eyed 1525 N. American St., a property with industrial history and a mostly residential present and future. Given its American Street address, it should come as no surprise that the property was previously home to a variety of

We last checked in on the northeast corner of 31st & Jefferson a little less than two years ago, as construction was just getting underway for a project called Otto Brewerytown. You can probably guess if you don't remember that 1501 N. 31st St. was previously an industrial building, and you

It was just a few short years ago that the southwest corner of 24th & Wharton looked terrible. The collection of buildings there had some terrific history, having been home to a doctor’s office, a rooming house/apartment building, a beer distributor, a restaurant called Reno’s Café, a community center, and an