The intersection where Roxborough Avenue hits Ridge Avenue has seen some big changes in the last few years. You may remember, back in 2012, developers demolished the Bunting House, a building constructed in the French-inspired Second Empire style that happened to not be designated as historic. Neighbors were miffed, to put

A reader tipped us off the other day about construction on the 900 block of S. Saint Bernard Street, and since we'd never visited said block we figured it was worth it to make the trip. It's a pretty sweet block, dominated by twins that have been fairly well maintained.

We've heard from a few readers over the last few months, wondering about the vacant lots at 1721-25 Tasker St.Current viewThis address, where Bouvier hits Tasker Street, was home to Dean's Bar for many years. We confess, we never had the pleasure of visiting this establishment, but a sign above

Philadelphia was awfully lucky to have Willis G. Hale doing his thing here at the end of the 19th century. Hale designed a number of amazing buildings over the years, including the Divine Lorraine and the Hale Building at Juniper & Chestnut (finally getting renovated after years of blight). While

Don't look now, but the 4200 block of Chestnut Street is getting some new student housing. Okay, go ahead and look, it's happening no matter what you do.New hole in the ground4217 Chestnut St. was home for a number of years to Jack Kramers Catering, but the two-story building that

The building at 990 Spring Garden St. was built almost ninety years ago, initially functioning as a warehouse for the Philadelphia Wholesale Drug Company. In its last incarnation, the interior of the building was chopped up into a collection of small office spaces, though the outside maintained a certain gravitas

The northeastern section of the Wash West neighborhood has an embarrassment of health care riches, with Jefferson, Pennsy, and Wills Eye Hospital all bunched up in the same general area. As you're surely well aware, the rest of the neighborhood features some of the most expensive residential real estate in

Fitzwater Street is losing another church.In just the last handful of years, developers purchased the Metropolitan AME church at 20th & Fitzwater and the Mount Olive AME church at 19th & Fitzwater, demolishing both and replacing them with town homes. Located just north of Fitzwater on 12th Street, New Hope

You may recall that last week, we told you about plans for a big new mixed-use building at 1405 Frankford Ave. and predicted a fun community meeting on June 21st. We weren't able to make it to the meeting, but it was apparently a doozy. Between a thread on Fishtown.us,

Out of towners looking to come to town for First Friday might soon have to think a little harder about taking the train, as another surface parking lot is poised to disappear from Old City. This seems like the logical next step for the neighborhood, as we've seen several residential