The garage at 1301 N. Howard St. has been around for a long time, and has stored a variety of items over the course of its history. Looking back at the zoning archive, we see that the building was used for truck storage back in the 1930s, then for paper storage

East Girard is home to several old buildings that add interest and provide personality to the corridor, like the Kensington National Bank turned Wells Fargo branch, or the First Presbyterian Church. That being said, the majority of the buildings on East Girard are older, utilitarian, mixed-use buildings that look like they

From the early 1800s through the beginning of the 20th century, most of Philadelphia's drinking water was pumped out of the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers and stored in reservoirs scattered around the city. In the earliest years, a water pumping station was located in Centre Square, spreading water through the growing city via gravity. The

A reader reached out to us the other day, having noticed some ongoing but low-level renovation activity at the southwest corner of 24th & Washington. Considering that our office is just a few blocks away, we confess we're a little embarrassed that we needed someone else to tell us about

It was less than a month ago that we brought 408 Cecil B. Moore Ave. to your attention, noting a zoning application for 146 residential units, 4 retail spaces, and 52 parking spaces. We didn't have much more information at the time, aside from the strong assumption that this project

Last week, Michael Klein sounded the alarm that Elixr was opening a 2nd location at 315 N. 12th St., in the first floor space at the Goldtex Building. The story indicated a soft opening on Thursday, and that they were giving out free coffee. We enjoy free stuff as much

It was about a year ago that we last checked in on the former Abigail Vare school at 1619 E. Moyamensing Ave., a visit that came four years after the school closed its doors and three years after the School District sold the building to the Concordia Group. As we

Historically, the large parcel at 2308 E. Tucker St. was the site of a public bath house, a place that allowed people in the neighborhood to wash themselves in an age before indoor plumbing was commonplace. As personal baths and showers became more of thing, bath houses faded away, and

Just south of the corner of 4th & Thompson stands a stunning edifice that's been mostly mothballed for many years. The building at 1221 N. 4th St. was constructed as Engine House 29 in the 1890s and was used by the fire department for over eighty years, until they opened a new

As much as things have changed in the Rittenhouse neighborhood over the last century or so, the parking garage at the northwest corner of 22nd & Pine has remained a constant. This building has likely caught the eye of just about anyone that's ever walked past this intersection, as it