Over two years ago, we told you about a divided community opinion regarding plans to convert the former Greater Saint Matthew Baptist Church into apartments from Barzilay Development. Neighbors were concerned, stop us if you've heard this one before, that thirty-eight new apartments with zero parking spaces would put more pressure

Before developers can build a combo of condos and single-family homes, three condos at 708-712 N. American and three single-family's at 701-05 of block of N. Bodine they'll have to reappear before the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association with amended plans that address the parking situation.“Neighbors across the street had a

Last week, a reader suggested me make our way to the 2000 block of Federal Street, as multiple projects are currently taking place over there. So we did, after getting a cup of coffee at the end of the block, and spied three ongoing projects. First, there's 2018 Federal St.,

In the latter part of the 19th century, Philadelphia was well known for its preponderance of groundbreaking and important banks.  The Franklin Savings Fund was not one of these.  To the contrary, the building at 917 Walnut St. would earn notoriety as an early example of greed and malfeasance at an

When we last visited the southwest corner of 4th & Greenwich, we discovered a new hole in the ground just a half a block away from Dickinson Square Park and across the street from Grindcore House. At the time, we told you to expect three new homes on this site. Checking

In Graduate Hospital, the last few years have not been kind to many of the old churches that have long inhabited the neighborhood. Several have been demolished in favor of residential development, with the new homes among the fanciest and priciest in the neighborhood. It should come as no surprise

It's been over a year since we checked in on 1221 Mount Vernon St., a former power station turned auto body place with dreams of a residential conversion. We first brought this building to your attention a year prior when it was sitting on the market for a steep $1.8M.

We've been all over three similar projects on 20th Street just north of Fairmount Avenue in the last couple of years. Three buildings, long owned by PHA and long blighted, got torn down and replaced by duplexes. It was with a bit of sadness that we watched these buildings come

Do you regularly visit the Liberty Bell or Independence Hall and find yourself wishing there was a place for outdoor drinking nearby? Like, a huge space for outdoor drinking? And maybe some nosh, too? We have some good news today, as we just learned that we're about to get a

South Kensington and Fishtown are both experiencing a development renaissance, and the good stuff finally seems to be trickling to Front Street, under the El. We've documented plenty of examples of blight under the El, and just recently we've noticed a string of renovation there. For example, a garage is