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

Writing about Philadelphia real estate is like cooking soup. Unless you add in a couple of crucial ingredients, it doesn't taste like much. Bad analogies aside, we rely on public record, the L&I Map, and tips from readers to discover and research stories. Probably our most important resource though, is

Real estate development doesn't happen overnight. Even the simplest project can take years to come to fruition. And as a project becomes more complicated, the timeline tends to stretch out. Still, the speed at which the medium-sized project at 11th & Mount Vernon has progressed has come as a bit

Yesterday, we told you about plans for sixty-four rental apartments at 31st & Thompson, behind Brewerytown's still-relatively-new Bottom Dollar Food. Today, we direct your attention just a little to the south, to 1213 N. 31st St., where a little more development is on tap. Instead of being behind the market, this

In 1880, the population of Italians living in Philadelphia was modest, according to an article by Stefano Luconi.  However, in the years immediately thereafter, a wave of immigration would make Philly second only to New York in the number of newly-arrived Italians.  During this first great influx, the settlement concentrated around what