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

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