Over the years, several readers have asked us about the northwest corner of E. Moyamensing & Washington. If you've ever passed by this corner, perhaps you too have wondered about the odd, windowless building that stands about thirty feet tall and looks like a miniature version of the tower from

In gentrifying neighborhoods, a common theme has been the demolition of old churches and the construction of new homes in their place. We've seen this pattern repeated at 20th & Fitzwater where six homes replaced a church, at 19th & Catharine where ten homes rose in a church's place a

A few weeks back, we told you that a fence had appeared around a long-vacant former bar at Taney & Poplar. We hoped that this meant that the building would soon come down and be replaced by redevelopment. But considering the track record of the property's owners, we recognized that

We last checked in on the corner of 19th & Webster back in November when conservators Scioli Turco were demolishing two long-blighted buildings. As the months have rolled along, the buildings have disappeared and new homes have been framed out.In the pastNew homesSoon enough, these homes will be finished and

Remember a few months ago, when we tried to describe the awesomeness of the Waterfront Winterfest, and urged you to check it out quickly and repeatedly? That experience came from the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation in case you forgot. And this summer, it seems, the DRWC will be at it

The rethinking of public spaces has become all the rage in Philadelphia in the last couple of years. Every spring, more parklets appear outside of popular businesses. The Porch has taken a bleak stretch of sidewalk in front of 30th Street Station and turned it into an active, programmed space.

Over two years ago, we first broke the news that a mixed-use building would be replacing the long-vacant and blighted YWCA Annex building on the 2000 block of Chestnut Street. Back in January, we told you that demolition efforts were finally underway. And last week, an official groundbreaking took place

Early this morning, we were passing through Mantua and spotted a construction fence on the south side of the 3400 block of Wallace Street. Across the street and down the block, we then saw formwork, announcing another project nearby. This made lots of sense to us, as vacant land in

Back in early 2013, when NextFab Studios opened at 2025 Washington Ave., we were super-stoked that the high-tech workshop would also include an in-house cafe and creperie. Sadly, things didn't work for Cafe L'Aube, and the artists, builders, and designers who do their thing at Nextfab were left to fend for

In the shadow of the Divine Lorraine at Ridge & Lemon stands the dilapidated and abandoned former Ed Tomlin Quality Silk Screen Printing building. Located at 1311-13 Ridge Ave., the roof of the building has collapsed into the first floor in the rear, and the three-story structure next door is blighted