Perhaps you've enjoyed a day walking around Philadelphia, pretending that you're a tourist and not a cynical resident of this wonderful yet frustrating town. And what a pleasure it is to be a tourist in Philadelphia, seeing things through more innocent eyes, snapping photos of the Liberty Bell, the Italian

We first noticed signs on construction at 4054-64 Powelton Ave. back in August, prompting us to reach out to the owner of the property to ask what was happening. We weren't sure whether the home and warehouse on the property were simply getting renovated, or whether they'd perhaps get demolished

Several readers have reached out to us over the last year or more, wondering about the property at 817 S. 9th St. and concerned it might collapse. That's the sort of thing that happens when a building has a couple of wooden support beams attached to its facade for many months,

In an age when Philadelphia seems to be losing another former church every month, it warms our hearts to bring you a story about a religious building that's been brought back to life. We were puttering around South Philly last week and stopped dead in our tracks at 6th &

Early this summer, we told you about some nascent construction activity at 4215 Chestnut St., previously the site of a catering hall. At that point, we guessed from the location, the scale of the building, and the construction permit that we found online that the building would be another structure meant

We've said numerous times over the last few years that Ridge Avenue is on the rise, and you can find two fine examples of this situation on the 1700 block. The most obvious change to the status quo is at 1731 Ridge Ave., where a new building is under construction

After what feels like an eternity of blight, the building at 1412 South St. is seemingly getting redeveloped. We last brought this building to your attention about a year and a half ago, noting that the building was available for purchase for $825K and for rent for $5K/month. We feared,

We were quite shocked, four months ago, to discover a Habitat For Humanity affordable housing development under construction on the 2000 block of N. 16th St., in the vicinity of Temple University. Construction near Temple that's not student housing? Inconceivable!Vizzini can't believe it eitherThe project, which is being built in

Our boy William Penn laid out a sweet city, with the downtown grid creating predictability with right angles and numbered streets. But as you're surely well aware, that grid starts to break down as you head out of the middle of town, and much of that wonderful predictability starts to

Over the last week or so, Queen Village has seen two new eateries open their doors, both of which have been a very long time coming. Unfortunately, one of them will likely have a much tougher road than the other. So let's consider the tougher one first, eh?We first looked