It was roughly a year ago that we directed your gaze to a development opportunity at 2035 E. Lehigh Ave., a large parcel at the edge of East Kensington that was listed for sale for $5M. We believed that the asking price was rather high, and recognized the challenges of the site,

A few days before the calendar switched from 2017 to 2018, we got a hot tip about a new business coming to Washington Avenue. The tipster directed our attention to a two-story building at 1719 Washington Ave. with a day care on the first floor. For a stretch of time,

We're back, after a wonderful yet frigid New Years holiday. And as is typically our custom, we're kicking off 2018 with some predictions for the year to come. Will we prove successful as prognosticators? If we are, you can count on hearing about it about a year from now. If not, you

A word to the wise; most of the food trucks on Temple's campus shut down during winter break. Of course, this makes sense, as profitability tends to plummet when your entire customer base disappears. But it's been a minute since we've been in college, so the whole winter break thing

Just last week, we were discussing a six home project on the 1300 block of N. 27th Street, excited that these homes were filling in a lot that had been sitting vacant for a long while. We didn't know it at the time, but it turns out there are a

We were making our way through Old City the other day and it struck us that a new building had sprouted on the 100 block of N. 2nd Street, seemingly overnight. Okay, overnight is a bit of an exaggeration, but it's undeniable that the progress at The National project at 109-131

On a spring day earlier this year, when we were surely more successful in feeling our fingers, we brought 2101 Reed St. to your attention, noting that the small, triangular property was listed for rent for $1,800/month. We discussed the challenges that a business might experience in this particular building at this

Recent years have brought numerous changes to 31st Street in Brewerytown, and additional changes are in the works. On the 1400 block alone we can point to three different projects, two of which wrapped up this year, with a third just getting started. The completed projects include the Annex @

A sign caught our eye the other day at the southeast corner of 2nd & Cecil B Moore, posted to a building that was at one time home to a restaurant called the Play Pen. We couldn't tell you how long it's been since the restaurant was in active use,

We were zipping around Brewerytown the other day, following up on some reader tips, when a sign caught our eye at the northeast corner of 27th & Thompson. The sign is posted on a building that has wonderful bones and was probably amazing in its day, but vinyl siding on