Heading across town over the weekend, we passed by the building that was previously home to Hawthorne's before a fire this past winter closed the business temporarily. When we last visited this site, we were concerned (with the obvious caveat that we're not engineers) that the building might not survive

For years, we've been talking about Washington Avenue West, hoping for better things than forklifts and building supply warehouses, and dreaming of a more accessible bridge between Graduate Hospital and Point Breeze. And there have certainly been some small improvements, like the opening of NextFab Studios, a crossfit gym, and

Perhaps you've noticed, North Broad Street has experienced tremendous improvement in the last decade or so. Several old buildings have been repurposed for residential uses closer to City Hall. Temple has grown by leaps and bounds, building new structures and renovating older ones. And now it seems like the Divine

Nearly three years ago, we brought a curious property to your attention on the 1100 block of Carpenter Street. This building had only one story of facade, and was open to the sky in the back. But it's been awhile, so we can't say we remembered the address so clearly.

Near Center City, the waterfront of the Schuylkill River has improved by leaps and bounds in the last decade. The Schuylkill River Trail is wonderful. Penn Park took acres of dusty rail yards and turned them green. And plans are moving forward for a new CHOP facility that could make

Across the street from the Wawa at 21st & Hamilton and behind the Rodin Museum, perhaps you've noticed a rather large pit with cars parked at the bottom. This section of the former City Branch could someday be part of a sunken rail park. And some of that space could also

You may not remember it was so long ago, but back in September, we shared the news that two homes were being proposed at the long vacant corner of 22nd & Federal. It took 'til January for the project to get the old stamp of approval from the ZBA, and

In the last couple of years, we've regularly found ourselves surprised at the amount of development on Front Street in Northern Liberties. A ton of new apartments are part of an adaptive reuse at the Penn Treaty Village Pennthouses. The 900 block has nineteen new homes in various states of

Ah, the heady days of 2011. The iPhone 4 was state of the art. The Phillies were still good at baseball. And MM Partners were renovating two buildings on the corner of Taney & Girard. The project was called 'The Braverman Building,' named after a hardware store and bakery that

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