Several weeks ago, developers looking to build on the 100 block of Spring Garden Street, near the waterfront, on a parcel just east of I-95, reached a compromise with the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association for plans to construct a six-story building with ground-floor retail and twenty-five apartments.Developers for 117 Spring

In Passyunk Square, new building continues as plans for five new single-family homes at 1437-49 Beulah St. received a vote of non-opposition from the Passyunk Square Civic Association at their December zoning meeting.The homes will, if approved, fill in a stretch of vacant lots at the elbow of a skinny

Traveling though Fishtown the other day, we stumbled upon three homes under construction at the corner of Gaul & E. Cumberland. These homes are replacing a vacant lot that's been on and off the market a couple of times over the years. Finally, Gaul Cumberland LLC purchased the three lots

On Baltimore Avenue in Cedar Park, a new four-story building at 4812 Baltimore Ave. now under construction shows how in one spot the elegant architectural past is meeting the less detailed aesthetic of modern era development.While members of Cedar Park Neighbors did work with the developers to guide the design

Back in October, the corner of 16th & Ogden featured a building that has just been framed out and two buildings that were just getting underway. These were the first structures rising as part of a larger development, The Vineyards at 16. Passing by a few days ago, we saw some

The other day, we wondered whether a garage on 13th Street, just south of Washington Ave., might be getting rehabbed soon. We were bummed to discover that this seems unlikely. But we did spot something interesting when we snapped the photo of the garage in question.The homes across the street

It's been awhile since we last visited the IceHouse project in Fishtown, at the corner of Columbia & Thompson. Last time, we had learned that the second phase of the project was about to get underway but were surprised to learn that this would involve the construction of a condo

For the next few months, one of the El's train cars will double as a moving neuron.Student art wrapped around a train has transformed it into a moving mural as part of a Mural Arts program to showcase students’ work. Students worked with artist Ben Volta on the We Are All

It was two and a half years ago that we first brought 1244 Ridge Ave. to your attention, which was when we first learned of plans to bring this long-blighted building back from the dead. The building has sat on the triangular patch of land formed by the intersection of 13th

A local business owner plans to combine two vacant lots at 534-36 E. Cabot St. that he acquired in the spring of 2008 for $95K into one and construct a single-family home designed by Jenkintown-based Lance R. Kraemer Associates. The drive to combine the lots likely came from the fact