Here's a profoundly uncontroversial take: We love Passyunk Avenue. We appreciate the way it combines modern day Philadelphia with an old school South Philly vibe. We dig the restaurants, the coffee shops, the boutiques, the people watching, the street fairs, the fountain, and so much more. But the Passyunk Avenue

We've been taking advantage of these pleasant late summer days to check out some of the new construction in West Philly, and we recently noticed that 4408 Lancaster Ave., located along the border between Haverford North and Belmont, seems complete and is available for lease. We last wrote about this

Have you ever visited an intersection and found yourself struck by just how much it has changed over a short period of time? That's exactly what happened to us recently in West Powelton, when we found ourselves on the corner of 41st & Haverford. In just about every direction, we

With another steamy summer coming to an end, we can certainly understand the appeal of living in leafy West Mount Airy. As some of our recent coverage of new projects in the area has mentioned, the zoning code severely curtails where multi-family buildings can be built in Northwest Philadelphia. So

At today's meeting, along with approving the controversial Washington West Historic District, the Historical Commission also gave final approval to the latest plans for a seven story mixed-use building at 1423 Spruce St., in the Rittenhouse Fitler Historic District. While the existing building is non-contributing, the Commission still has jurisdiction

We've spent plenty of time covering development in Brewerytown over the last decade, but it's worth remembering there are still a fair number of vacant lots in the neighborhood, particularly on the northern end of the neighborhood. Some of those lots have been vacant for decades. Others have only become

While quite a bit of multi-family development has occurred along the Market-Frankford Line corridor over the last decade, very little of that construction has occurred toward the northern terminus of the route. So it grabbed our attention when we noticed zoning permits issued for a pair of affordable housing apartment

We've been covering the Northbank project for a few years now, tracking its progress and also noting its evolution in real time. For example, the initial phase 1 plans called for 4 apartment buildings, joined by homes and duplexes. Over time, the developers eliminated two of the apartment buildings, then

Germantown is a walkable neighborhood with access to parks, shops, and restaurants without all the hustle and bustle of Center City, so it's not surprising we've been seeing residential projects pop up here recently. At this week's Civic Design Review meeting we got a chance to learn a little bit

Zoning Board of Appeals hearings can often be the first time the public learns about new proposed buildings in Philadelphia. Last week though, the exact opposite thing happened when we learned that a much discussed mixed-use project in West Philly won't be proceeding, at least for now.When we last checked