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

We were driving across town on Poplar Street the other day and almost crashed the car when the Young Scholars Charter School came into view. This school operates out of old industrial building at 900 N. Marshall St., and the school painted the building grey when they opened their doors several

It wasn't even a week ago that we shared, with no small amount of excitement, that redevelopment is on the horizon for the long vacant and blighted Quaker building at 9th & Poplar. We were pleased for a few different reasons. First, that building has seriously been bugging us for years. In addition,

Another day, another significant project on Front Street. A reader tipped us off last week that construction was getting started at 1229-31 N. Front St., a property which has been sitting empty for about a decade. Sometime around 2007 or 2008, a pair of blighted buildings were torn down at this

We were walking off a delicious One Shot lunch the other day, and our hearts leapt when we happened upon a couple of zoning notices about a block away. The notices were posted to 243 and 245 W. George St., two lots that have been sitting vacant for as long as

We've seen an increasing amount of development activity in the Callowhill neighborhood, but some prominent vacancy remains. One example is the Heid Building, at 325 N. 13th St., which has been sitting empty for over a decade. According to Hidden City, the eight-story building was originally built in 1927, after an

It was back in May that we drew your gaze to the southwest corner of Hancock & Thompson, where developers were working on an eight-unit condo building. We were shocked though, because every unit was under agreement even though the building was still months away from completion. We now see