It seems that a North Broad Street project that got squashed last summer has come back from the dead. This is for the best, as far as we're concerned.Looking up North Broad StreetAbout a year ago, developers came before the Logan Square Neighborhood Association with plans to build an addition

If you've passed by 21st & Webster at any point in the last few weeks, you've probably noticed a new home under construction. Had you visited this corner just a few months ago though, you wouldn't have considered this possibility since every other property on the 2100 block of Catharine

The murals of Philadelphia cover so many themes, it's impossible to list them all off the top of your head. Some murals honor historical figures, others pay tribute to neighborhood icons, and some make obscure or direct references to community history. Some murals are serious, others are more whimsical. Some

South Kensington should soon lose another large vacant lot. We actually told you about a redevelopment plan for 171 W. Jefferson St. back in the summer of 2012, when it looked like this:Just a few years agoAt that time, the owners of the property had it listed for sale for

Everyone loves Dog Day Afternoon.Hello Al Pacino and John CazaleEr, not exactly what we meant.We're referring, instead, to a fundraising event that took place last year through a partnership between South Philadelphia Association of Dog Owners (SPADO), the Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Center (VSEC), and Doggie Style Pets. And they're doing

We confess that we don't make it to the Wissahickon neighborhood very often. As you've probably noticed, we generally keep watch on the neighborhoods in greater Center City... and we also hate driving on I-76. But when someone reaches out to us with a tip, we've been known to make

We've had an eye on the former Samuel Machinery building at 135 N. 3rd St. for many years, first bringing the property to your attention way back in early 2012 when it was a blighted building with wonderful bones.In the pastIn short, the building has been sitting vacant for over a

We're seeing a common redevelopment theme these days in East Kensington, though it's much more obvious on some blocks than on others. Last week we found ourselves on the 2000 block of E. Hazzard St., a block that's in the midst of some fairly significant changes. Just a few years

922 S. 19th St. is a mixed-use property at the northwest corner of 19th & Carpenter which has been listed for sale for much of the last year, most recently at a price of $675K. The first floor of the property has been a barber shop for years, though we

Over the weekend, we made an early-morning trip to Trader Joe's (no lines before 9am on a Sunday!) and afterward we decided to take a detour through West Philly to see whether we could stumble upon any theretofore unknown construction. We sadly came up empty on the construction front, but