Next to Fishtown, neighbors are in the process of improving a disjointed and neglected block. Moyer Street runs through Fishtown and then dead-ends at Aramingo Avenue. And then it reappears, running for about a block until it disappears again when it hits E. Cumberland Street. The Moyer Street Project will

Today, a couple of readers reached out with a heads up that a fence had appeared in front of 711 S. 12th St., home to New Hope Temple Baptist Church since 1936. The building actually dates back to 1893, when it was built as the Twelfth Street Baptish Church. With

In South Kensington we're seeing a flurry of development with a handful of projects finished and others just getting started. And as the neighborhood has seen more development, we've seen it spread further north and west. For example, just last month we told you about new condos coming on 7th

Museum Towers II has been a long time coming. It was way back in January of 2012 that we first told you that the surface parking lot between 18th & 19th, Buttonwood Street & Mattias Baldwin Park would be replaced by an apartment tower and some town homes. At that

We've actually been meaning to get down to Siena Place for months, and an early morning trip to the airport reminded us to check it off the list. We first noticed this project awhile ago while driving on I-76, spying new homes getting framed out to the south. We didn't take

With all its history, the streets of Philadelphia are literally a treasure trove of hidden instances of awesome. And you can count the historical 200 block of S. Camac St. as one of those awesome treasures. Years ago, we told you about this block, which is the only one in

A recent commenter led us back to an interesting project which combined a surprisingly large number of units (twenty-four) with architecture that was meant to mesh with the neighboring structure. The building of interest is at 4213 Chester Ave.- we first mentioned the property last year when the dilapidated twin house

A reader tipped us off recently about some ongoing demolition at 1262 N. 29th St., at the southwest corner of 29th & Thompson. This handsome building was home to an active corner store until somewhat recently, so it was perhaps a little surprising to hear that it was coming down.

On this blog, we try to stick to development issues and generally try to stay out of the weeds when it comes to architecture. First, we don't have formal training in that department. Also, it's a subjective thing and can be a bit of a moving target. For example, today

The mansion market is alive and well in the Logan Square neighborhood. In June, we checked in on the Eight on Race project, an eight home development near 21st & Race with list prices starting at $1.75M. Today we turn our attention to two projects on 22nd Street.Mode7 homes on 22nd StreetPhase