A couple of years ago, we first brought you the news that Congregation Rodeph Shalom at 615 N. Broad St. would be expanding to the south with a new building, designed by KieranTimberlake. It's amazing to look back at that post, and realize that it came on the heels of the completion of the renovation

We passed by the still-waiting-to-be-developed Divine Lorraine today, and saw some graffiti that we had never noticed on one of the buildings behind the blighted beauty.Is this new?We don't know how they did thisWe're no experts when it comes to painting buildings that don't belong to us, but we have

Back in December, we passed by Walnut Square, a mixed-use historic building on the northeast corner of 22nd & Walnut, and spotted somebody power-washing the bricks.Back in DecemberGoing by the other day, we noticed that the power-washing was finished and its results were very apparent.Recent viewThe bricks on the second

Around town, there are dozens of buildings that have become favorites of ours over the years. One such structure can be found at the northeast corner of 7th & Fitzwater.The buildingToday, its home to Bella Organic Cleaners. But when it was first built in 1893, it was home to the

Earlier this month, Shaban Kabab & Curry joined the retail sector in West Philly at 4125 Chestnut St., pretty much across the street from the new triplex that we told you about earlier this week. Previously, Philly’s Best Pizza was located here.Was a pizza placeClose to this new eatery are

Over two years ago, we first brought two blighted buildings at the corner of 6th & Lombard to your attention. We explained that the two buildings were owned by Mother Bethel AME Church, a long-established congregation across the street. At the time, we hoped that the church would either fix up

Over a year ago, in the fall of 2012, we wondered whether a developer would see the former Municipal Asphalt building where Fairmount hits Delaware Avenue as worthy of an adaptive reuse. At the time, the shoddy unkempt building was on the market from PIDC for $1.4M. Now it turns

Even though few notable things have happened development-wise on east Market Street in recent years, it still somehow feels like the area is picking up momentum. This is probably due to the collection of different, possibly game-changing plans on the table. But if one of them were to come to

We were in West Philly yesterday, and happened upon a building that's under construction near the corner of 42nd & Chestnut. For the last several years, 4204 Chestnut St. has been a vacant lot, with older buildings on either side. Now, according to the L&I Map and a sign on

For 133 S. 18th St., it's been a rough couple of years. For quite some time, Leehe Fai called this space on the corner of 18th & Moravian home. After that business closed, plans emerged for a Dunkin Donuts to open in its old space. The community wasn't so into