It seems that South Kensington will soon see another warehouse turn into apartments. Last week, the ZBA gave their approval to a plan for new construction plus an addition at 1508 Mascher St. and the creation of 22 apartments and 8 parking spots. The building has been home to Spencer Industries for decades,

A reader reached out the other day, wondering about the construction they've noticed on 10th Street, just south of South Street. For many years, 605 S. 10th St. was a simple brick wall with a garage door. That property has historically been connected to the adjacent home at 603 S.

For the past three years, we've anxiously read about and watched the slow development of the Philadelphia Temple of the Church of the Latter Day Saints (LDS Church) at 17th & Vine. At a time that so many religious buildings are facing the wrecking ball, it's a refreshing change of

It's been a rough recent past for 778 S. 18th St., the building on the northwest corner of 18th & Catharine. The surrounding neighborhood has continued to improve, but as far as we can tell, the property has sat vacant for several years. It went to sheriff's sale five years

1352-56 E. Passyunk Ave. seems like a winning location but it's been vacant for about a year and a half, if memory serves. A Rita's franchise occupied this space for roughly half a dozen years, and we vaguely remember when Nifty Fifty's had a nice run here. And we recall

We were meandering around the neighborhood earlier this week and happened upon some construction on the 400 block of Sigel Street, with the promise of more to come. For whatever reason several lots on this block have sat vacant for a number of years, but now the lots at 431

When we checked in on the corner of 5th & Master a couple months ago, we were pleased to share the news that Core Realty had purchased the former umbrella factory on the northeast corner. After the success they had renovating two auto storage buildings into the Penn Treaty Village Pennthouses, we had

There's more demolition coming to the 1400 block of North 15th Street. About a year and a half ago, we discovered that 1415 N. 15th St. was coming down. It was a shame to see this structure, an older building with a brownstone face on its first floor and offset

Every home or apartment has its little quirks. When we lived above an arcade, a powerful jukebox below taught us the bass lines to every popular song from 2001. When we lived immediately next door to a bar, we heard some amazing conversations through a thin bathroom wall. Then there

About a year and a half ago, we wondered about all the retail vacancies on the first floor of Abbott's Square, ultimately learning about a plan for a 20K sqft Garden of Eden grocery store at the corner 2nd & South. Garden of Eden is a small New York based