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

It's been about a year since we last visited the 3000 block of Cambridge Street, a block that's seen great improvement in the last few years. In 2011, when PHA decided to auction off a few hundred of their vacant properties, five homes on this block were included in the

Some big changes are taking place on the 2400 block of Manton Street. When we last visited here over the summer, a new home was under construction on the southwest corner of 24th & Manton and it boasted a list price of $500K. At the time, we also reminded you about a

We last checked in on 1430 South St. a few months ago, shortly after the removal of the scaffolding that covered its facade for many months. Remember, this project includes a building with 32 rental apartments and a large retail space on the first floor, along with four homes on

We admit it, sometimes we're a little too optimistic about construction timelines. It's not often though, that we're as off base as we were about the hotel project at 101 N. Broad St., the former Liberty Title & Trust Building. Over four years ago, we were covering the groundbreaking for a

We were so excited, over the summer, to share the news that a Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken franchise was planning to open on the southeast corner of 20th & Washington. The plans called for a restaurant with seating for 81 and a liquor license, and actually had the support of the community.

The 1700 block of Addison Street is one of the lovelier stretches you'll find in the Rittenhouse neighborhood. Almost without exception, the block features three-story Greek Revival rowhomes that date back to the years before the Civil War. We're not usually such big believers that architectural repetition equals beauty but