Almost two years ago, we told you to expect some new construction on the 2900 block of W. Master St., just a few steps away from the Fairmount @ Brewerytown building. Back then, over a stretch of seven properties on either side of Myrtlewood Street, there were five vacant lots and

Walk down just about any block in Point Breeze north of Dickinson Street, and you'll surely see some kind of construction activity, or at the very least, a building that's gone up within the last couple years. As development in Point Breeze continues to hum along and competition for properties escalates,

For more years than we can remember, the huge parcel on the northwest corner of Broad & Washington has been sitting vacant, aside from a historic train shed which dated back to the 1870s and was most recently used as a food and produce warehouse. As you're probably well aware, Alterra

Several readers have reached out to us over the years, wondering about the old brush factory, a group of rough looking industrial buildings at the corner of 12th & Jackson. While the sight of vacant industrial buildings is quite common in other parts of town (looking at you, Kensington), it's definitely

Way back when, we believe there was a drinking establishment of some kind on the northwest corner of 18th & Carpenter. That was before our time though, because we can only remember a time when the one story building at 932 S. 18th St. was sitting blighted and vacant. But

Like a vestige from another time and place, a one-story Wendy’s sits on a skyscraper-zoned plot of land in Center City, on the northwest corner of 11th & Walnut. How in the world did this happen?Believe it or not, the building was not built as a Wendy’s and it wasn't built all that

We found ourselves in the River Wards around lunchtime the other day, and as is occasionally our wont we stopped over at Fresh Works, a little sandwich shop on Belgrade Street. As we were trying to decide between a hoagie or a salad, we noticed a chain link fence around

Westrum Development Company was an early believer in the potential of the Brewerytown neighborhood, building out the Brewerytown Square development over an entire city block about a decade and a half ago. Though Westrum owned several other sizable properties in the area, they didn't move forward with any other projects in

As we've expressed many times before, we have a great fondness for old movie theaters, and for years we've made a sport out of identifying old theaters which have been converted to new and different uses. Many of these old buildings possess some characteristics which make you stop and think, 'hey, maybe

On the 100 block of South Street, there's an entrance to an alleyway between 113 and 115 South Street that you've probably never noticed. Even if this little alleyway ever caught your attention, you probably figured it was just for egress purposes, and then continued on your way to Pietro's