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

You might think that a company called Drexel Bindery would be located somewhere in West Philadelphia, perhaps near Drexel's campus. But you'd be incorrect! In fact, Drexel Bindery operated out of a building at 1308-10 W. Girard Ave. for decades, just a few blocks from the Temple campus. But you

In fits and starts, we're seeing real estate development make its way past Lehigh Avenue, over the railroad tracks, and into Port Richmond. We've covered a handful of larger projects over the last couple years, but the vast majority of the action in this area is in the form of a

We've never been to Malta. Couldn't even tell you where it is without the help of Google Maps, much less tell you the name of its capital city. But we live in the age of information and as such, we can find out all of those things with but a