Last summer, we brought a vacant building and some vacant lots at the corner of 42nd & Chester to your attention. We noted that both the building and the lots seemed like nice development opportunities, given their proximity to Clark Park and University of the Sciences. So it was with no

Last week, we gave you some details on the old Smith School in Point Breeze, which is currently being offered for sale along with a bunch of other shuttered schools around town. Today we look at the former Edward Bok Technical High School, located at 8th & Mifflin. It represents

It was just last month that we shared the news that developer Eric Blumenfeld had gotten a commitment for most of the funding he would need to finally renovate the Divine Lorraine. The blighted beauty at Broad & Fairmount has been vacant for over a decade, and we were cautiously

As Girard Avenue continues to grow with new retail locations filling in empty spots up and down the way, it seems the animals too are looking to get in on the fun. The Fishtown Neighbors Association recently supported plans for a veterinary clinic to open at 233-35 E. Girard Ave., close

Northern Liberties has experienced tremendous growth in the last decade plus, and we've documented plenty of examples of development pushing north of Girard Avenue into South Kensington. Though the 1200 block of N. Leithgow St. sits just across Girard, it has barely been touched by redevelopment, with vacant lots outnumbering

For almost a year now, the view from Kaplan's at 3rd & Poplar has been fascinating yet severely depressing. The former Ortlieb's brewery has loomed over this corner for a hundred years, a standing tribute to a long-gone age. The brewery closed in the 1980s, but its name has remained

Remember last summer, when we told you that a 7-11 had closed at 38th & Chestnut, and expressed surprise because those places never seem to close? At the time, we wondered what would replace the convenience store, speculating that the building would be demolished and replaced by a new apartment

We last checked in on the new Family Court building at 15th & Arch a year ago, when the steel structure has been erected and the first facade panels began to appear. Passing by the other day, we saw that, not surprisingly, considerable progress has been made.View from the northAs

The last couple of years has brought big changes near 5th & Bainbridge, with a couple of longtime businesses closing up shop. Two summers past, John C Paul and Sons disappeared after decades on the northwest corner. We're expecting a boutique hotel in its place, eventually. Then, a little less

Years ago, it probably seemed like a great idea to build a shopping center on the 800 block of N. 3rd St. in Northern Liberties. Today though, with heaps of residential redevelopment in the neighborhood, a suburban-style row of stores around a parking lot seems terribly out of place. As