Back in the spring, we told you about plans from OCF Holdings to replace a gross old warehouse with twenty-two new homes at the corner of 20th & Wharton. The project went to the ZBA back in May, and a final ruling still hasn't been made.Current viewLooking down 20th StreetAt

For many years, the 1600 block of Ogden Street was a vast vacant wasteland. A number of City-owned lots sprinkled among privately owned lots combined with an a stunted Ridge Avenue made developing the block a challenge to say the least. And so it sat.But as Francisville has seen considerable

Aside from the excellent Trestle Inn, the intersection of 11th & Callowhill is all kinds of rough. Up above you'll find the old Reading viaduct. While it may someday be a wonderful elevated park, it will never be great to pass underneath. Just to the north is the Callowhill substation,

Back in April, we checked in on the 1900 and 2000 blocks of Titan Street, noting three new homes under construction on the 2000 block and two more on the 1900 block. Since our last visit, there's been plenty of progress, as one would hope.Three new homes on the 2000

Cement Park. Its name is almost the antithesis of the recent movement across the city to modernize older parks and playgrounds and transform them into green enclaves with stormwater management features. Newer parks, like Washington Avenue Green along the waterfront in South Philadelphia, are designed with this stuff in mind

We've lost count of the number of churches that have been demolished by developers in recent years in favor of residential development. We've seen it in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood (repeatedly), West Poplar, Francisville, and may soon see it happen in Fishtown. Though it's surely happened, we can't recall a

The Philadelphia skyline is constantly changing. For many years, William Penn ruled the roost. More recently, skyscrapers have become the focus, and the Comcast Innovation and Technology which recently started construction will soon be the new BMOC. Through decades of change, the PNB letters atop One South Broad Street have remained

A couple of years ago, developers built "The Nine" on Tulip Street in Fishtown, across the street from Memphis Flats. At the time, the nine new LEED certified homes improved the block significantly by replacing some vacant lots, but a large vacant warehouse at the corner of Palmer Street still dragged

If you've even found yourself on the 1600 block of Christian Street, especially at night, you've surely noticed 1631, 1635, and 1637 Christian St., opulent visions of redevelopment in a neighborhood that's had more than its fair share. The fact that this section of the block was pretty much bombed

And now for another edition in our long and continuing series about places Philadelphians have been buried.  There are so many of course, but what makes this one interesting is that you could be living on top of it.  The south side of Christian Street between 5th and 6th Streets is completely