322Race-07

Old City and its built environment have changed so much over the last several hundred years, while also remaining shockingly consistent in some ways. 322-40 Race St. is a shining example of this phenomenon, as it's home to Old First Church, which was built in 1837, a three-story rowhome built

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1341 S Columbus Blvd-01

It sure has been a long time since we thought about Liberty on the River, writing about the pie-in-the-sky, ten-tower proposal back in 2017, to only visit it again earlier this year, assuming the project was just a distant memory. Originally calling for 2,000+ units and a hotel, the project

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901NFront-01

We rarely go more than a few days without hearing about or visiting the action in the greater Old City/Northern Liberties/Fishtown area along the Delaware River Waterfront. And our travels today take us back to 901 N. Front St., which we visited back in December when plans a 96-unit project

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OneFrankford-01

As if we haven't been busy enough on the southern end of Frankford Ave., where different projects and potential streetscape improvements are hurtling our way, we have even more good news for a project that we checked in on last fall. The project at 1000-10 N. Delaware Ave. is now

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1411Walnut-01

The Rittenhouse neighborhood contains some of the most gorgeous historic architecture in the city, with gobs of early 20th century skyscrapers creating the handsome facades and dense scale that's so familiar to us today. The building at 1411 Walnut St. is a shining example of this, designed by famed architect

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7330RidgeAve

We just can't seem to rip ourselves away from Roxborough, where there is an abundance of development taking place of varying shapes and sizes. Much of this development is happening along Ridge Ave., where everything from new, mid-rise apartment buildings to small multi-family to gorgeous adaptive reuse is in the

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444N3rd-03

Are you experiencing a little déjà vu? Because we most certainly are. In February of last year, we took you to 444 N. 3rd St. on the border of Old City and Northern Liberties, where a zoning permit indicated a subdivision for this recently revamped office property from developers Arts

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48thStGreenway-01

While we often think of West Philadelphia as one of the leafier, greener spaces in the entire city, some of the roads that cut through this section of town are far from green. 48th Street, which makes a turn at Baltimore Ave. as it makes its way through multiple neighborhoods,

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Laurel-04

For as much as Fishtown has been a development hotbed over the last 10+ years, there are still spots that are due for some major changes. One such location is the southern end of Frankford Ave., which connects the heart of the neighborhood to the Delaware River Trail and beyond.

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Student Performing Arts Center - View Along Woodland Walk Rendering

These days in University City, there's construction in every possible direction and for every type of project you can think of, from residential to lab to office. One of the major drivers of all of this action is the University of Pennsylvania, which has been inexorably building and renovating in

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