It's taken some time, but work has finally gotten started on a new mixed-use building at 117 Spring Garden St., a property that sits right next to I-95 and across the street from one of Philadelphia's classiest shopping centers.New hole in the groundShopping center across the streetWe last visited this

We first visited 40th & Baring in the summer of 2011, when we told you about a new 15-unit building under construction on the northwest corner. As the years have rolled along, we've probably been back to this intersection a dozen times to report demolition, renovation, and/or new construction within

A reader checked in earlier this week, giving us the heads up about a groundbreaking on the 1900 block of Parrish Street. 1930 and 32 Parrish St. were vacant for years, and it's not really a surprise these days to hear about redevelopment for vacant lots in Francisville. We were

Not breaking news: Point Breeze has seen an incredible amount of development in the last several years. As a result of this development activity, we've seen entire blocks transformed, like the 1300 block of Chadwick Street or the 2000 block of Annin Street. Until very recently, both of these blocks

Old City has been going through tremendous change lately. Whether it’s from big projects like One Water or the Bridge, or smaller ones like the development of townhomes, parking lots are turning into functional cityscape at a surprising rate. One of the vacant lots yet to be developed is the one at the

Pop quiz: You want to go bowling in South Philly. And South Bowl is feeling a little pricey for your Thursday night budget. Where do you go?Saint Monica Lanes at 16th & Shunk, of course!We've literally been meaning to write about this place for years. We first found our way

If you've visited the Ben Franklin Parkway at any point in the last year or so, you've probably noticed the large construction site at 22nd & Hamilton where a crappy Best Western hotel once stood. The hotel got demolished a little over a year ago, and a large mixed-use project

When US Construction built nineteen new homes on the 800 block of Christian Street a few years back, we took the opportunity to point out 820 Christian St. to everyone, wondering whether the project next door would spur the owners of the vacant property to do something with it. For

It seems like only yesterday that lower North Broad Street was considered something of a no man's land. It was lined with parking facilities and underutilized/vacant buildings and treated as a highway for many a car-commuter, and just felt like a sad place. These days, though, it seems like a

It's taken quite some time, but Ridge Avenue is definitively on the upswing. Over the last year or so, we've seen at least half a dozen projects get moving on the 1500 and 1600 blocks, with almost all of them replacing vacant lots. Importantly, we're pretty sure that every project