The CHOP project on Schuylkill Avenue is one of Philadelphia's largest institutional construction projects right now, and it's been steadily chugging along since our last visit roughly half a year ago. Back then, most of the activity was taking place at or below grade, and we honestly weren't sure exactly

When we last checked in on the Summit at University City project at 34th & Lancaster a little over a year ago, the building had been topped off and window installation was well underway. At the time, we told you that the project would mean 1,300 beds over a variety of floor

The other day, we were running errands pretty far north. Far enough north in fact, that we passed Botany 500, the Traylor Building, and the North Philadelphia train station and thought to ourselves -- not for the first time -- that the whole area oozed untapped potential. And then, a

It's been a long road for 1843 E. Passyunk Ave., for decades home to King of Jeans. We first brought this property to your attention back in the summer of 2011, announcing that it was listed for sale but noting that the price was too high and the triangular shape

A couple months back, we brought construction activity at 2568 Frankford Ave. to your attention, happily noting that another long-vacant Frankford Avenue lot was turning over. In case you forgot, this building will include ground-floor retail space and two apartment units. When we were here last, it was a hole

We passed by 616-18 S. 18th St. dozens of times over the years but never really paid it any mind. Upon closer examination though, the building clearly didn't look like the others on the block, both in terms of architecture and materials. We use the past tense because of late,

We keep noticing something strange whenever we find ourselves on Diamond Street just beyond Temple’s campus. While the rest of the blocks in this part of town are absolutely littered with shiny new by-right walk-up plexes rented by the room to students, Diamond Street seems to be stuck in place

It was with great enthusiasm, a little less than three years ago, that we first told you about a plan for a mixed-use project at 1300 N. 2nd St., on an enormous 2.5 acre parcel in South Kensington. This site was home to a freight yard for many years, but

There's enough development in and around Fishtown that seeing the occasional boarded up building and Stop Work Order doesn't really give us much pause these days. Still, when a reader reached out recently, wondering about 2315-17 Sepviva St., we figured we could at least sniff around to see if we

The campus of Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company at 4601 Market St. has been a gargantuan ghost of West Philadelphia's economically prosperous past for years. Vacated by the company in 1983, it was transferred to various organizations with big hopes and visions for community benefit. The building eventually got the best