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

The last few years have brought an incredible amount of construction activity to the neighborhoods surrounding Temple University, largely in the form of private developers building student housing. Though much of this effort is concentrated on the blocks closest to campus, we've seen some examples of far flung development, like

Last week, a couple of folks who work at the still shiny JBJ Soul Homes tipped us off about some new construction activity at the northwest corner of 15th & Swain. It took us a little while to get to this Francisville corner, which was a vacant lot for years

Last winter, we told you about plans that had come before the NLNA to demolish a one-story garage on 2nd Street and replace it with ten condos and a commercial space. At that time, the community's zoning committee asked for significant revisions to the plan, including the elimination of two units,

Somehow, it's been a really long time since we've checked in on 410 S. Front St., the long-vacant former Stamper Square/New Market site in Society Hill. Two years back, Toll Brothers had just presented a concrete plan to the community for a four-story condo building with underground parking. As the