On and around the eastern side of South Street, turnover is often the name of the game. Sure, there are your stalwarts like Lorenzo's, Condom Kingdom, Tattooed Mom, and others, but there's also a good number of businesses opening and closing at any time. Some spaces, though, sit vacant for

In Passyunk Square, developers continue to envision worthy investments. Last month, members of the Passyunk Square Civic Association heard a proposal to build three single-family homes near 7th & Wharton.Demolition comingDevelopers presented plans to build the homes at 738-44 Wharton St., which would replace an out-of-use one-story garage and former plumber's

We were tossing a frisbee around in Chew Park last weekend, and while chasing an errant throw, spotted some construction on little Cleveland Street, close to Washington Avenue. We moved in for a better look and discovered that 1042 S. Cleveland St. had sprouted an addition. As recently as 2005,

For at least a decade, 143 W. Girard Ave., one of the more interesting buildings in the area, has sat vacant. You've probably passed by here at some point and wondered about it yourself, since its signage is both prominent and memorable. We've probably had half dozen readers ask us

A once-stalled new construction project along the 3300 block of Spring Garden Street near Drexel has been completed, but its next door neighbor is still a boarded up and blighted building.In the pastWhen we passed by 3309 Spring Garden St. early this month, a new structure with a stucco exterior, as

In a matter of terrifying coincidence, it's been exactly one year since we first told you about plans for development at 1110-14 South St., which has for years been a surface parking lot next to an unattractive mural. For the bulk of the last year, nothing much has happened on this

You certainly wouldn’t know it by looking today, but the stretch of Chestnut Street between 11th and 12th was once quite the happening nightspot.  Today, even the buildings that aren’t vacant are most certainly not open at night.  In its time though, 1116 Chestnut St. clamored with celebrities and revelers.  But let’s

A hundred years ago, it made plenty of sense to have warehouses and factories located in the middle of residential areas. The Washington Avenue of the past, with its lumber mills and coal yards, makes today's forklift-laden obstacle course seem extremely tame by comparison. When the Philadelphia Traction Company had

In fits and starts, the 100 blocks of Alter and Ellsworth Streets have been under construction for over a decade. It started around 2006, when five homes went up on Alter and another five rose on Ellsworth. Then there was nothing for a few years. Over the last couple of

Over the years, we've beaten you over the head with stories about redevelopment just north and west of Penn, near Lancaster Avenue. Baring Street in particular has been an unprecedented source of Naked Philly stories, from the slow and steady transformation of the 4000 block to the recent news of