Maybe a week ago, on our way to get some pho from Thang Long on Kensington Avenue, we spied some new construction on the 1900 block of E. Cumberland Street, about a block away. For quite some time, 1908 and 1910 E. Cumberland St. have been vacant. But developers from

Okay, raise your hand if you can remember back to when there was a KFC on the southeast corner of Broad & Bainbridge. We confess, we only vaguely remember those days, not so much because we weren't around, but more likely because the one-story building that once housed the business

A slice of Philadelphia culture, 23rd Street Cafe hosted jazz jam sessions every Tuesday night for the last twenty-five years. For a great story about the history of this institution, read this Inquirer story from over the summer. If you read the story a few months ago, you still had

The other day we were ambling around Old City and found a giant hole at 2nd & Race. We've been doing this real estate blogging thing for years and can't think of many holes we've been happier to see in person. See, this one has been in the works for

We love a good development opportunity. And whenever a sign asserts such a thing, we feel it's our obligation to check it out and pass it along, unless of course it's so good that we take it ourselves. So, uh, don't let that be a spoiler alert for what follows.From

Like the rest of Francisville, the 1800 block of Ginnodo Street has seriously changed in the last several years. For the uninitiated, this little street runs for a single block, diagonally, between 19th Street and Ridge Avenue. Famously, the Francisville Farmers Market building, long demolished, once sat at the corner

What a slog it's been for the northwest corner of 17th & South. For years, this large and prominent lot sat vacant.In the pastIt was therefore with great excitement that, in the summer of 2011, we shared the news that developers were planning a new mixed-use building for this address.

We try to visit Brewerytown every few weeks, just to see what's going on development-wise. But there's so many small streets in the neighborhood, sometimes we miss something. So when a reader tipped us off to multiple projects on the 1300 block of N. Marston St., we weren't too shocked

For those who haven't heard, last week marked the opening of a great addition to Philly's list of green spaces. Cira Green, built, owned, and operated by development powerhouse Brandywine Realty Trust, is finished and now offers some great new views of the skyline. The elevated park is built on top

Many months ago, we attended a Center City Residents' Association meeting at which the developers for the Hudson Hotel presented plans for their proposed project at the corner of 17th & Chancellor. The plan called for the demolition of the four-story building which not only contains a parking garage but