1402 Ellsworth St. is a roughly 1,500 sqft vacant lot in Point Breeze which is pretty much irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, but somehow we've written about it three times previously. And now here we go, writing about it again. To provide a little history, we first wrote

Spruce Hill has some of the most beautiful architecture in the city, with a mix of Victorian homes, Gothic apartment buildings, and more decorative columns than you can shake a stick at. At the intersection of 46th & Spruce, we see examples of some of the types of buildings that make

There's a row of seven town homes at 2700 South St. which catch our eye every time we cross over the South Street Bridge, mostly because looking at them is a much more enjoyable experience than looking at the monolithic AT&T Building across the street. These homes are also very

We were driving around North Philly the other day, hot on the trail of a reader tip regarding some new construction on Tioga Street, near Temple Hospital. While we didn't find the construction we were looking for, we did stumble upon a rather unique building on 17th Street, just south

The Liberty Title & Trust Building at 101 N. Broad St. was built in 1929, rather unfortunate timing for a bank building. Over the years, it was home to a number of different tenants, with the Water Department being the most recent occupant. That was back in the 1990s though, and the

We've had our eye on the 5000 block of Baltimore Avenue for awhile now, watching as it has slowly improved. We've seen new businesses open on the block, like bar-restaurant Booker's, event space Petit Fete, and artsy gift shop Vix Emporium. We've seen plans come and go without coming to

How is it possible that we've never noticed 113 Bainbridge St. during our many years traipsing about the city? In case you're not familiar, there's a huge mansion located at this address, a home that spans five lots in one of the most desirable neighborhoods in town. Where did this

It's easy to get stuck in our little Philadelphia real estate bubble, and because it's our area of expertise (it's in our name, after all) we don't commonly cover real estate in other places. On Facebook last week, a friend posted a real estate listing from Columbus, Ohio, and it got

We've mentioned a few times previously that we once lived near Pat's and Geno's, a living situation that not only meant the regular scent of sautéed onions on the breeze, but also introduced us to the reliable and reasonably priced Kong's Auto Repair on the southwest corner of 8th & Latona.

As we've told you before, Port Richmond is a great neighborhood, if a little off the beaten path relative to downtown. It's got a commercial corridor on Richmond Street that's seeing incremental improvement, while still having several holdover businesses that cater to the local Polish community. It's close to Fishtown but considerably