It was apparently only a matter of time before the building at 1501-05 Fairmount Ave. joined the chorus of redevelopment that's serenaded the corridor over the last few years. This building is rather unique, and because it's an example of low-rise commercial construction in the Art Deco style, it was

Back in the day, the Wilson & Sons carpet binding factory covered a large parcel just south of Cambridge Street, between Orianna and 4th Streets. Some time after the factory shut down, the rear portion on Orianna Street was demolished and just a few years ago, developers built a row

West Thompson Street in Brewerytown has undergone some incredible changes in the last couple of years. It was not so long ago that the eastern view at 32nd & Thompson was that of a giant empty field.View at 32nd & Thompson just a couple years backA couple years back, Westrum

Back when we lived in the Passyunk Square neighborhood, we commonly patronized Liberty Lumber, a building supply company at the corner of 7th & Alter. We purchased a bunch of stuff over the years, including lumber, trim, paint, and tools. The prices were a bit higher than Lowes or Home

Front Street under the El might be our biggest surprise as far as development goes in the last few years. We get it that South Kensington and Fishtown are buzzing on either side, but that doesn't change the fact that Front Street sits in perpetual shadow and the El rumbles

We've had our eye on the building at 2301 Grays Ferry Ave. for many years, suspecting that it would eventually get some major work done. The one-story building, long home to Old Towne Pizza & Sanna's, just doesn't seem to fit the bill considering the location.Old Towne & Sanna'sNaval Square

As Pennsport continues to boom, developers have been building up Dickinson Narrows just to the west of the neighborhood. V2 Properties in particular has done a ton of work in this area, with projects on Mercy, Dudley, Emily, and Hoffman Streets, among others. On the 400 block of Hoffman Street,

A reader recently directed our attention to some signs posted on a fence at 2717 Annin St., a property we actually told you about last fall. At that time, we had noticed some different signs on the little vacant lot, advertising that it was available for rent. The asking rate

Northern Liberties is a hot neighborhood, in case you haven't heard. It's been that way for the last few years, in fact, with home prices shooting up and demand for development sites increasing dramatically. With that in mind, it's no surprise that developers have increasingly been looking at unorthodox properties

Watching the former Burg's Lounge transform into Buckminster's over the last couple of years at 21st & Federal, the excitement in the neighborhood was palpable. We first told you about this situation at the end of 2012, when the property had just sold for $165K only two weeks after being