Remember the ski-slope building on the 1300 block of N. Front St. that we told you about last summer? Here's a look at the finished product, which looks as weird and as wonderful as we'd hoped.Ski slope buildingJust to the north of this new building, a reader recently brought the

Finally, it seems that the southwest corner of Broad & Ellsworth is moving in the right direction. For those unfamiliar with this property, the adjacent Saint Rita of Cascia Shrine has for years been planning to extend their facility to this vacant parcel. Some years ago, they had a plan in

Thanks to William Penn really thinking things through back in the day, our city has been easy to navigate since before everybody had a GPS machine in their pocket. Of course, some areas can get a little tricky, with Francisville chief among the confusing neighborhoods that are close to downtown.

A few weeks ago, we noticed two residential projects that were coming up on the ZBA calendar. Both are located on Spruce Street past 50th, and both lots are sitting vacant. The first project we investigated is located at 5037 Spruce St., which actually hasn't been vacant for all that

Last week, a reader gave us a shout, letting us know that two homes on the northeast corner of 16th & Brown had been demolished. They were even kind enough to share a photo they snapped before the buildings came down.View in the pastDevelopers bought both properties earlier this year,

The last fifteen years have brought significant changes to the Graduate Hospital neighborhood, and the intersection of 20th & Fitzwater presents a microchosm of those changes. On the northeast corner are six high-end homes, built after the demolition of the Metropolitan AME church. On the southwest corner is Raja Yoga, a yoga

If you've passed by 2nd & Green lately, you've surely noticed that two extra stories have appeared atop the building on the northwest corner. We actually covered this building once before several years ago, when Novacare Rehabilitation was planning to open a location on the first floor.In the pastWe initially

Dating back farther than we can remember, there's been a wall at 1502-04 Green St. instead of two buildings. We confess, we never gave this wall much thought, perhaps because we were distracted on the block by the now-demolished PHA-owned blight at 1516 Green St. or the wonderful Chapel Lofts

To paraphrase Hannibal Smith, we love it when a plan comes together.In this case, we're referring to the 30th Street Station District Plan, released last week. This plan, as you might imagine, details a vision for 30th Street Station and its surrounding neighborhood over the coming decades. If everything set

When we last checked in on the Shot Tower Estates project at 112 Christian St., five enormous homes were nearly finished, with four more to follow. Remember, the huge parcel was home to a large one-story garage and some office space for the Scandinavian Shipping Supply Company. Before that, it functioned as