Chestnut Street on the eastern side of West Philly has seen project after project rise in the last few years. This summer, Evo @ Cire Centre South opened to students, and the green space on the roof of the parking garage offers some sweet views. Oh and there's a solid coffee

We were so excited a couple weeks back when we shared renderings of Southern Land Company's latest proposal for 1911 Walnut Street, a plan that would transform a long-vacant lot that sits across the street from Rittenhouse Square. At the end of last week, the developers sent out a press

Someone recently told us about some loft developments on the 1300 block of Cumberland Street. Given the amount of development happening in East Kensington, we immediately assumed that they meant that something was happening in that neighborhood- only there's no such thing as the 1300 block of E. Cumberland Street.

Several months ago, we told you about ongoing construction at the corner of 17th & Carpenter, work that represented the first phase of Carpenter Green. This green space has been in the works for quite some time, and we first told you about the plans back in the spring of

One of the corners of Coral & Fletcher has seriously seen its share of changes over the last few years. Turning back the clock to 2011, there was a single home and six vacant lots here. The home and two of the lots were privately owned and the four at

We've seen major changes on the 4000 block of Baring Street over the last five years, with over a hundred apartments coming online, mostly via new construction. Through it all, we've wondered whether a row of ugly buildings at 4012-30 Baring St. would eventually succumb to the changes on the

Sometimes we'll write about a project based on a reader tip or a zoning application and we're unable to fully weigh in, lacking a complete understanding of the project. In response to such posts, we'll occasionally hear from developers who are helpfully willing to fill in the gaps. Such is

Living in a city with an older housing stock as we do, we often see interesting alterations to century-old facades. People do all kinds of crazy stuff, like adding horrible awnings, painting their bricks all sorts of terrible colors, creating unfortunate stucco details, covering over their cornices with bland vinyl

The large building in the middle of the 400 block of South Street has gone through some ups and downs over the last few years. In 2011, Pearl Art & Craft Supplies closed their doors at 417 South St. after a lengthy run, as part of the entire company going

A few weeks ago, after checking out the newest iteration of The Hub on Chestnut Street in University City, we spotted a peculiar demolition at 4042 Chestnut St., about half a block away. The building that was here previously didn't appear to be blighted or vacant and was actually pretty