Redevelopment in Fishtown has officially reached the border, as developers continue to look to build near Aramingo Ave., which is like a gateway of sorts to Northeast Philadelphia.Recently, Fishtown Neighbors Association supported developers plans' to create two lots from one and to build two single-family homes at 2618-22 E York St., a

The Graduate Hospital neighborhood has easy access to Center City, close proximity to South Street West, and a great community. One of the complaints we hear from people in that area, though, is that there isn't enough commerce inside the neighborhood itself. SOSNA, the local community group, is trying to

About a decade ago, we moved into a house a block away from Pat's and set upon exploring our new neighborhood. We quickly discovered and fell in love with a new bar called Pub on Passyunk East, which had just opened its doors at Passyunk & Dickinson. And it wasn't

We were traveling on Frankford Avenue the other day and spotted a Liquor License Application that we hadn't noticed before. But for some reason, 2519 Frankford Ave. felt familiar to us. And then it hit us. We wrote about this building before! Years ago!Back in 2011Back then, the friendly looking

Over the past year in Passyunk Square there has been a push of redevelopment, mostly infill. But some of its has been for readaptive purposes like plans to convert the former Kingdom Hall at Jehovah's Witness building on the 1200 block of Federal Street into new apartments. A couple blocks away,

For over a hundred twenty years, Saint John the Evangelist Episcopal Church proudly stood on the northwest corner of 3rd & Reed. And a year ago, we visited the site as a crew demolished the gorgeous old building, which was coming down in favor of a new twelve-home development dubbed

Back in 2012, we first told you about the likelihood that three buildings on the southeast corner of 15th & Walnut would be demolished and ultimately replaced by a new commercial building. A year later, we checked back in with a new rendering from Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, the guys who famously

Over two years ago, we visited the 400 block of Moyer Street in Fishtown and spied a partially demolished building that had once been used as a holding area for repossessed cars. We noted that the property owners had previously gotten approvals to build six duplexes and two single family

The 1100 block of Locust St. offers a mix of modern construction, neoclassical architecture and standard Philly rowhomes.  The north side of the street, 1111 Locust St., is dominated by a large structure.  According to Hexamer & Locher’s Philadelphia Atlas, this was the site of a school in 1858.The 1100 block

You don't necessarily think of Old City as a place where lots of new construction happens. With a name like Old City, new stuff is pretty much the opposite of what you'd expect. But lately, we've seen a noticeable uptick in new construction, in locations both prominent and hidden. Remember,