In November of 2012, the opening of the Bottom Dollar Foods near 31st & Girard was chock full of excitement, pomp, circumstance, optimism, and plenty of other good feelings, even though the look of the project was about a hundred steps short of the original conceptual drawings. So yeah, the building

Biking up 11th Street the other day, a glimmer on Spring Street caught our eye. Doubling back around the block, we discovered a that a six-story building has been framed from steel at 1031 Spring St., replacing a surface parking lot. Clearly, this project has been happening for several months

Over two years ago, we brought 1501 S. 20th St. to your attention just as interior demolition work had taken place. We didn't have much more info about the project, though at the time it was noteworthy to see construction activity stretching so far south in Point Breeze. Today of course,

A couple of readers have been wondering what's up with the recently created hole at the intersection of Corinthian & Ogden, on the southeast corner. We actually didn't even know about it until we coincidentally passed by the other day, on our way to snap photos of the nearly completed

Two summers ago, we first introduced talk about Greensgrow expanding from Kensington to a West Philly location at a long vacant lot at 51st & Baltimore. And it was exciting to see that this community urban farm that nineteen years ago started as a hydroponic lettuce farm on a reclaimed brownfield

We're fairly confident that 611 N. 2nd St. was once a fire station, but it hasn't been used as such for quite some time. Instead, the building has been used by the fire department for storage and as a counseling center. So it wasn't a huge surprise to learn that

It's been about a year and a half since our last visit to the intersection of Corinthian & Girard, across the street from Girard College. At that time, developers were just getting started on the construction of a bunch of apartments. Remember, this property was once the site of the

Immediately next door to the vacant lot that was once home to the Ortelibs Brewery at 3rd & Poplar, nine four-story homes have risen. These luxury units mark another stroke of the bell in the changing face of Northern Liberties from industrial to residential.We first told you when plows began

Have you ever driven into town on the Ben Franklin Bridge and decided to take the 8th Street exit? If you've taken this route, you've probably noticed the horrendous parking garage that covers 8th Street between Arch and Filbert Streets.In the pastIt was over two years ago that we first

A little over a year ago, we told you to put in an offer on the former Walter Smith School building in Point Breeze, at the corner of 19th & Wharton. The school was part of a group of twenty shuttered schools being offered for sale by PIDC, and represented an interesting