This past winter, when Mission First Housing Group announced plans to demolish the burned out building at 4534-36 Spruce St. and construct affordable housing, there was a sigh of relief. Since catching fire in 2011, the building that previously hosted the Transition to Independent Living Center has sat unoccupied, a

Who wouldn't want to live at 4th & Tasker, right across the street from the wonderful Dickinson Square Park?Dickinson Square ParkIt seems that several developers are wagering that there are no shortage of people who are enthused about the idea. We've already covered several projects in this general vicinity, and

A reader recently reached out on Twitter (follow us @nakedphilly), curious about some construction activity at 1901 N. 7th St., in a section of town we don't get to very often. We took a peek on the old Google Maps time machine function to see that this property looked totally

For years, as the Graduate Hospital neighborhood has improved by leaps and bounds, an old warehouse has remained on the 1700 block of Carpenter Street. This building, we believe, was once home to Lerro Products, a laundry care company that now makes its home in New Jersey.In the pastIf you

The folks at MJL Properties have plans for more development, this time including some preservation in the Spring Garden Historic District. At 2001 North St., right behind Fairmount Pizza and half a block below Fairmount Avenue sits the old Potts Ice Cream factory.Wonderful building at the cornerBuilt in 1947, the corner

For quite some time, Campenella Construction made their home at 1601 S. Columbus Blvd., and in more recent years their property was available for sale. For the last couple of years however, this site has been ground zero for a war of sorts between AAA, Pennsport Civic Association, the Planning

1312 N. Front St. is like nothing we've seen, and we've seen most of the construction in this town in the last five years. Traveling under the El, it catches the eye right away.Getting framed outCloser lookView on Hope StreetThe building, which is being built on the site of a

Earlier this week, we learned that nine Philadelphia-area Superfresh and Pathmark locations will be closing with parent company A&P's recent bankruptcy filing. Included in that list is the Superfresh location at 1851 S. Columbus Blvd., in the Pier 70 Shopping Center. Acme is apparently planning to purchase some Pathmark and

Close to I-95 in Northern Liberties, the 800 block of N. Hancock Street possesses an interesting collection of buildings, with a mix of new construction and adaptive reuse. If you'd like, you can preemptively add two more to the new construction side of the ledger as the Northern Liberties Neighbors

Fishtown has lost another vacant lot, but we're not in the mood to mourn. This time it's 546 E. Hewson St. that's left us, with four homes now under construction.In the pastFour homes now framed outWe actually spotted this project from Norris Street.View from Norris St.Developers came before the Fishtown