We've been pretty thorough in documenting the changes that have taken place on Frankford Avenue in recent years. Heaps of new businesses have opened, many buildings have been renovated, and throngs of new buildings have replaced vacant lots. It's reached a point where it's almost unexpected to walk a couple

Tasteful development in West Philly is tough. If you're Penn or Drexel and you're building massive dorms or research buildings, you can get away with just about anything because of the scale of your development. But most of the architecture that we've seen from private construction has been somewhere between

The other day, Civetta Property Group reached out via Twitter to give us the heads up about a new project they have in the works on Cedar Street in "Port Fishington," which technically sits in the Olde Richmond Civic Association's boundaries. The parcel, 2625 Cedar St., sits almost on top

Back in May, we updated you about the progress on eight new homes on the 900 block of N. Front St. which were joining a bunch of other homes built recently on Front Street, adjacent to I-95. Back then, we regaled you with the tale of another project planned for next door that

The plot of land on the north side of Christian between 3rd and 4th Streets has been dramatically repurposed over the course of recorded history.  The site’s first known use was as the Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church.  According to Handworn, the Ebenezer Church was originally built on 2nd Street, just north of Queen, in

It was in the winter of 2011 that we first told you about a planned residential development at the southern end of Pennsport where Moore Street hits E. Moyamensing Avenue. On a long vacant lot, Design Builders Associates put up a sign advertising Moyamensing Estates, a fifteen home gated community. Prices for

Almost two years ago we shared news that University City District was planning to renovate the 40th St. Trolley Street Portal where Baltimore, Chester and Woodland Aves. meet in University City. The station serves as a gateway to West Philadelphia. Improvements will green and vegetate the currently-concrete-laden portal, install storm-water

One of the more impressive adaptive reuse projects we've seen around town looks to be finishing up. Though the name Penn Treaty Village Pennthouses is a bit of a mouthful, the project itself, located at Front & Brown, is an impressive sight to see. Core Realty has been working on the

We've been following the efforts to green the playground at Lea Elementary at 47th & Locust for a couple of years now, and it seems as if we're finally seeing some concrete (no pun intended) results. Recently, we got an email informing us of an "early" construction project taking place right

We confess, we don't make it to East Falls very often. Hills make us nervous. But a reader tip got us to the neighborhood recently to witness the progress of a project on a triangular chunk of land adjacent to the regional rail tracks. Years ago, the Hohenadel Brewery made