For people who live at or near the Abbotts Square building on the 200 block of South Street, it's been a pretty bleak couple of years. Almost all of the stores closed back in 2014 as the owners of the building prepared a 20K sqft space for Garden of Eden,

The trolley portal at 40th & Baltimore is extremely important, as it marks the spot where four of West Philly's trolley lines converge as they make their way east and split as they make their way west into the neighborhoods. Despite the fact that it serves as such a crucial

It wasn't so long ago that you could have generously described the corner of 4th & Queen as "not one of the best in the neighborhood." More specifically, there were roughly ten buildings on either side of 4th Street, just south of Queen, that looked like their owners hadn't cared

Perhaps you haven't found yourself near 7th & Cecil B. Moore at any point in the recent past or... ever. But if you ever happen to make your way to this intersection, you'll quickly notice one of the more interesting churches in Philadelphia. New Greater Straightway Baptist Church has made their

The building that last housed the Grace of God Church of Deliverance at 2121 E. Cumberland St. is no more. In fact, it was demolished several months ago, we just didn't get over there to snap a photo since the demolition took place until the other day. The building was quite sizable and

A number of readers have reached out in recent weeks, noticing increased construction activity at the northwest corner of 22nd & South and wondering what's going on. Some history- L2 restaurant made its home here for over fifteen years, closing in 2013. In the summer of 2014, we heard rumblings that

We were in Francisville earlier today and came across some zoning notices at the northwest corner of 15th & Cambridge.Zoning noticesThough the zoning notices are posted at the corner, they're actually for 926 N. 15th St., a vacant lot that's a wee bit to the north. Standing at this corner,

When we last visited the 2000 block of E. Fletcher St. back in 2012, we were telling you about plans for a new six-unit building which has, in the elapsed time, been built and is now occupied. We also brought a vacant building to your attention next door at 2028

A couple weeks ago, Drexel University and Brandywine Realty Trust, two of the main real estate powers on the west side of the Schuylkill, announced that they would be teaming up to develop some of the valuable, yet largely underutilized properties owned by the university near 30th Street Station. Drexel had

Fabric Row was all about fabric once upon a time. Hence the name. But as the years have passed and the internet has become more and more a source of... well, everything, fabric stores have faded and other businesses have come to the corridor. We've always thought that Fabric Row