Over the summer, we told you about plans for two new three story homes for the 2000 block of Titan Street. 2002 and 2004 Titan St. have been vacant lots for decades, and developers recently received zoning clearance for the construction of new homes which will replace these lots. Look for

Just around the corner from the thriving Frankford & Berks intersection in Fishtown, developers are renovating a three-story brick building with a carriage door. Two years ago 1836-38 Sepviva St. was purchased at a short sale. According to old listings, renovations have started and stopped repeatedly over the years, and recently

As new student housing has exploded in the area surrounding Temple University, we've seen new attention come to Cecil B. Moore Avenue west of Broad Street. Larger projects, like eight units at 19th & Cecil B, and twenty units at 18th Street are joined by smaller projects, like the faux-mixed-use buildings on the 1700

The 400 block of Fairmount Avenue is poised for improvements as two separate projects seek to bring new life, both residential and retail to the area. Developers want to build four triplexes on a surface parking lot in the middle of the block. Nearby, other entrepreneurs will bring a nail

Last week, a reader asked us whether we'd heard anything about the closed-down Qdoba on the southwest corner of 19th & Chestnut. We weren't aware that the long-time lunch spot had closed, but sure enough when we went by the other day we saw paper in the windows.No more burritos

It's been years since we've thought about the former bodega at 922 S. 20th St., which has sat closed for quite some time now. When we last told you about this spot, we indicated that a pho place would be opening its doors here, operated by the same guys who operated

Heading down 2nd Street the other day, we spotted construction activity at 622 N. 2nd St., long a vacant lot. A sign at the mixed-use building in progress tells us that the building will eventually be home to the Northern Liberties Veterinary Center.Future Vet ClinicMeanwhile, just down the street, the

We've already covered all sorts of development on Carpenter Street in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood. On various blocks, one or two-off developments have taken place in the last year, with some still under construction as we write these words. The other day, we spotted yet another project under construction, this

The elegant Church of the Assumption at 12th & Spring Garden will take a few more breaths as last month it was saved from the guillotine, at least temporarily.The churchIn November, the Commonwealth Court of PA handed down a decision stating that the right to demolish the building, granted by

You’ve probably noticed the building that occupies the southwest corner of 2nd & Chestnut.  It’s kind of huge.  The U.S. Custom House cuts an imposing figure both at street level and from afar, eclipsing all other structures in its Old City neighborhood.  But long before the federal building was erected,