The South Street/Headhouse commercial corridor is one of the most vibrant in town, attracting local residents, tourists, and area teenagers alike for its eclectic mix of stores and restaurants. More than most corridors that come to mind, it feels like this one has undergone a number of identity shifts over

Back when the Reading Terminal was still an actual train station and not a Convention Center meeting hall, there was a constant stream of trains rumbling through the West Poplar and Callowhill neighborhoods on an elevated viaduct. That viaduct, of course, is currently in the midst of a transformation into

The building at 1224 Frankford Ave. has a diverse industrial history, having originally been built as a brewery, serving for a time as a pickle factory, and operating as an ice storage building between 1925 and the mid-1990s. So it's been around for awhile. Over the last couple decades, the building has

It was well before our time and it was probably before your time too that Old City was known more for manufacturing than for nightclubs and art galleries. At this point, virtually all of the neighborhood's industrial past is gone, with many of the old buildings demolished and some converted

Given all the new construction we've seen in Fishtown, East Kensington, and Olde Richmond, it often feels like developers have already snatched most of the large lots in these neighborhoods. But a few still remain, waiting for the right project from the right developer. Or at least a project from a developer.

If you've ever taken a trolley to or from West Philadelphia, you've likely passed through the 40th Street Trolley Portal, the location where the 11, the 13, the 34, and the 36 lines emerge from underground (or start their trip underground, depending on which way you're traveling). Roughly 5,000 people

We've documented, over the last several years, countless projects in East Kensington that have truly changed the face of a neighborhood previously suffering from years of disinvestment. As time has passed, projects have pushed further and further into the neighborhood, starting on Amber Street, moving along to Coral, and then up to

For much longer than we've been alive, 2nd Street in Old City has been the place to go downtown if you're in the market for restaurant supplies, be it a couple cases of glassware or a 6' griddle. Thanks to a combination of the internet and natural attrition, we're now left

An individual named Negesh Aberra purchased the roughly 3,400 sqft vacant lot at 304 W. Master St. back in 2003, paying $20K for the property at sheriff's sale. At the time, this probably constituted a reasonable price, considering the state of the real estate market in South Kensington at the time. To put

109-131 N. 2nd St. was home to the National Products Company, a restaurant supply business, for the better part of the 20th century. Sometime in the middle of that wonderful century, they clad their building’s facade in orange tiles, making it one of the more unique structures in town. In the early 2000s, after