It's true, there are many homes in Francisville that are standard brick row homes with unfortunate vinyl covering their original cornices. They're like thousands of other row homes in Philadelphia, and similar structures can be found in countless other neighborhoods around town.Plenty of homes in the neighborhood look like thisBut

When we told you yesterday that the Fitzwater Church of God will soon get torn down, last summer's demolition of the nearby New Hope Temple Baptist Church came up, unsurprisingly. When we last checked in on that property at 711 S. 12th St., demolition was just getting underway. As you

As we were zipping up 3rd Street yesterday, a sign on a one-story garage at 722 N. 3rd St. caught our eye. It's not so common that we cover the planned construction of a one-off home, but when the developers are kind enough to post a sign with a rendering,

Development continues all over South Kensington, so it's no shock that we have news today about another project that's way up at the tippy top of the neighborhood. Yesterday, we recieved a press release describing a new project planned for 182-188 W. Berks St., a lot that's currently some kind

It looks like Hawthorne is losing another church. Last week, a reader tipped us off about a demo permit at 1219 Fitzwater St., the Fitzwater Church of God.Demo notice on the churchYou may recall, this neighborhood lost a major church last year when the New Hope Baptist Church on 12th

Last summer, Pearl Properties purchased three buildings on the northeast corner of Broad & Locust, resulting in the closing of Varalli restaurant after twenty-five years in business. Upstairs, Perch Pub remained open, though an Inquirer story indicated that it too could close by the spring of 2016 (which despite the temperature

Ever since the building housing Ultimo went up on the northeast corner of 22nd & Catharine, we've been waiting for something to happen to the long-vacant building at the southeast corner. A couple years ago, we were cautiously optimistic that the property would get redeveloped into a mixed-use building, but

If it seems like we're coming back to Front Street every week or so, it's because that's exactly what's happening. Last week, we told you about new foundations on the 2000 block which will eventually lead to a new mixed-use building. A couple weeks ago, it was the new Honeygrow

In this smartphoney era, we use Google Maps all the time, and not just because Apple Maps is crap and Mapquest isn't really a thing anymore (just don't tell our mom, who still "mapquests" things all the time).Ah, 2001 was so sweet.For almost every Naked Philly post, we use Google

Way back in 2013, we told you about a 5 story mixed-use building planned for 121 S. 43rd St., then a vacant lot. The building was going to include 32 residential units, and a pair of commercial spots on the ground floor, at Spruce Hill Civic Association's behest. For some reason (certainly wouldn't