Despite the fact that it's been under construction for over a year, we've somehow never covered 500 Walnut, the new ultra-high-end apartment building at the southwest corner of 5th & Walnut. This parcel was sitting vacant for years, and has several development possibilities come and go before Scannapieco Development Corporation,

An undetermined number of years ago, some city planners and/or school district employees determined that the best school yards are those that are covered in asphalt. Not knowing their identities and understanding that they're probably long dead, we can't even send them a thank you card for the many lousy

Sure, we haven't been to Front Street for a little while, but now our Front Street coverage is returning in force, with multiple posts in the same week! You may remember that just a couple of days ago, we told you about the upcoming renovation of a church turned warehouse on

We've had an eye on 2001-2003 S. 4th St. for many years, first bringing it to your attention way back in the spring of 2011. Mere months before that story, a fire had ravaged an 13-unit apartment building at this location, ultimately resulting in its demolition.In the pastWhen we checked

There's a triangular parcel that's created by the intersections of Germantown Avenue, Pollard Street, and Front Street/I-95 that's been seeing some serious development activity over the last year or so. We actually told you about plans for 1007-1013 Germantown Ave. a couple years back, when the property was sitting vacant,

Breezy's Cafe held down the space at 1200 Point Breeze Ave. for a little over two years, closing down this past spring and leaving a gap in a neighborhood that's crying out for additional dining options. Over the last few months, husband and wife pair Juan and Mallory Fix Lopez have been working

The Graduate Hospital has seen a lengthy list of churches face the wrecking ball in the last handful of years, including the Metropolitan AME church at 20th & Fitzwater, the Varick AME church at 19th & Catharine, and Mount Olive AME at 19th & Fitzwater. All of these buildings were architecturally

A reader reached out the other day, wondering about some recently-started framing at 2319 Amber St. in East Kensington. It turns out we covered this property a little over a year ago, shortly after developers bought it and tore down the auto garage that had made its home here for

We know we haven't checked in on Front Street in the last month or two, but that doesn't mean that it isn't still seeing its share of development action. Today, we look at some likely redevelopment at 1523 N. Front St., a building that we told you about two years

Though we could do without the stucco job and utter lack of architectural detail, we'd still contend that the southeast corner of 16th & Catharine is improved from its previous state. For many years, this property was home to a two-story building with a corner store on the first floor