Needless to say, Point Breeze has experienced a dramatic shift over the last few years, as developers have bought up all available vacant land with an eye toward new construction. Along those lines, most existing homes that come onto the market have either been rehabbed and flipped/rented out or demolished

If you look just to the south of the Frank Furness building being slowly uncovered at 40th & Ludlow, just past a coffee shop and a Game of Thrones-themed dessert place, there's a row of vacant two-story buildings that seem entirely out of place. This is incredible- Penn is just a block

We admit, we don't make our way up to East Falls, Manayunk, or Roxborough as often as we'd like, call it an occupational hazard of working out of Center City. But every now and then, especially with a juicy tip in hand, we'll find our way to that part of

We've probably walked past the corner of 40th & Ludlow dozens of times over the years, and at no point did it occur to us that the building on the northwest corner of the intersection might have a notable history. We were way off base, but if you look at

Yesterday, we told you about plans for a sizable development for a vacant parcel at 5th & Cecil B. Moore, but the zoning application was a bit confusing and even so we had no details on the exact plan for the site. Seeing our story, a couple of readers, including the

If you've ever been to Rival Brothers at 24th & Lombard, you've probably noticed a pair of odd homes across the street on the 2300 block. Almost every home on the south side of the 2300 block of Lombard Street comes up to the front of its property line, but for some

As far as greater Center City goes, we've got a really good handle on neighborhood names, boundaries, and the different challenges of dealing with various community zoning committees. But when we head into West Philadelphia, we admit that our neighborhood geography gets a little shaky. And the farther west we

1620 N. 5th St. is a huge vacant lot that, as you might guess from its South Kensington location, has some serious industrial history. Turning back the clock, the parcel has had many uses over the years, with occupants including a lumber yard, a printing company, a mill, a stone yard,

Nobody likes to see old buildings get torn down. Just over the last few years, Philadelphia has seen a torrent of demolitions, with old churches getting torn down at an unprecedented rate. Take, for example, the former BLANK church, which has made its home at the northwest corner of 17th

Wow, we hate when this happens. Just last week, we told you about some ongoing demolition at 2nd & Washington, where developers are planning a quartet of new duplexes. We also took the opportunity to update you on the progress of the renovation of the former Snockey's Oyster House into condos,