When we last visited 1412 S. 7th St., developers had just presented plans to the Passyunk Square Civic Association to convert the blighted former auto shop into ten apartment units. According to the L&I Map, the project resulted in some give-and-take, and the developers eventually agreed to cut the number

Drexel has officially begun one of its major continuing contributions to Lancaster Avenue in University City as it broke ground on a $170M 24-story mixed-use project at 3400 Lancaster Ave.  in November.View of the old building, from 34th StreetRecent shot, looking down Lancaster Ave.The project will include space for 1,300

A reader asked us the other day whether we knew anything about the new construction taking place on the southwest corner of 2nd & Laurel. The address certainly rang a bell, and then we remembered- we last thought about this project over a year ago! Back then, a demolition notice

A few houses down from the recently completed mixed-used building on the northeast corner of 19th & Fairmount, exterior work on a triplex at 1827 Fairmount Ave. looks like it was recently completed.Current viewPreviously, the first floor of the property featured a dull crawfish red front that looked like it

Over the summer, we first told you about plans for the construction of twelve new homes on the 1300 block of Chadwick Street in Point Breeze. This string of lots, 1307-29 Chadwick St., has been vacant for many years, and the block as a whole, which sits between 16th & 17th,

Only the remnants of two historic brownstones remained when we passed by 38th & Chestnut a couple of weeks ago. You may recall, the owner of these buildings, the Philadelphia Episcopal Church, last year claimed that their demolition and the subsequent redevelopment of the land upon which they sat was

We were passing through East Kensington the other day and were intrigued when we spotted zoning posters at 2100 N. Front St., a blighted and clearly vacant building. You may recall, we wondered about several properties on this block a few months ago, and were hopeful that a brave developer was

The Benjamin Franklin Parkway cuts diagonally through Center City, offering a stretch rich with museums, hotels and high-rises.  Case in point, the 16-story building at 1600 Arch Street, just south of the Parkway, is situated perfectly at the intersection of all this culture and commerce.  But before the Parkway’s initial

Well folks, it's the end of 2013.Tomorrow we start this whole shebang all over again with Mummers, hangovers, and perhaps a renewed sense of purpose. What better time, we thought, to hop into our Delorean and check out what 2014 will have to offer. So here goes nothing...Great scott!- Next

On Baltimore Avenue, we’re still waiting for a number of projects we wrote about over the summer to start moving. At 5021-23 Baltimore Ave., the complex legal process for acquiring a liquor license is slowing the opening of the planned Babylon Bistro. If a liquor license cannot be procured, it