A year ago, as construction was finishing up on ten homes on the northeast corner of 19th & Catharine, we loudly wondered whether anything would happen to 770 S. 19th St., the long-vacant building on the intersection's northwest corner. As three more homes have been under construction of late on

We remember about fifteen years ago, when Penn's Fine Arts building was under construction, a small blue building called the Blauhaus sprouted at 33rd & Chestnut, on the edge of Hill Field. That building is now long gone, and in the intervening years Hill Field has gone back to its previous

Recently, a reader tipped us off that two homes had been demolished on 16th Street in Graduate Hospital. Being curious as we are, we decided to check out the sitch at 913-15 S. 16th St., which were previously a couple of unfortunate looking homes with vinyl-covered bays.In the pastRecent shot.

Earlier this week, we were in Northern Liberties and spotted an interesting building that's available for sale. 625-29 N. Front St. stands alone on its block, surrounded by parking lots. Architecturally, it's rather unique, suggesting a possibly interesting history.The buildingLooking back at some historic maps, it's clear that this location

Broad & Race has seen its share of construction in recent years. The western end of the Convention Center addition can be found here. Half a block to the south, Lenfest Plaza was built a couple of years ago next to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. And now,

A group of people who want to turn a vacant space at 3848 Lancaster Ave. into The Keystone Center, a community space for various events like concerts, craft fairs, flea markets and more, hosted Lanxgiving a couple of months ago at the warehouse to show the building's owner their idea

The other day, before the sidewalks turned to snow and the streets turned to ice, we spotted an impressive ongoing demolition effort at 1400 Ellsworth St., a former school. A couple years back, we recall hearing about plans to build an addition onto this building to create something called the

The Walnut Street Theatre proclaims itself to be the oldest theatre in the United States.  So it should come as little surprise that we don’t really know what stood at 9th & Walnut before the theatre’s conception.  Still, the Walnut has undergone quite a few changes over its long and

When the Spring Garden Deli, located in the Parkway House at 22nd & Spring Garden, closed its doors in October of 2012, we were under the impression that the retail space would be eliminated and turned into additional apartments. We lamented the loss of the corner commercial space, but figured

Almost a year ago, we told you about the possibility that three homes on the 1900 block of Titan Street would be demolished and rebuilt. One in particular, 1944 Titan St., seemed like an attractive candidate as it was sitting vacant and blighted at the time. All three are owned