Yesterday, we broke the good news that a new home is rising on the 1900 block of Christian Street, on a lot which has been vacant for a whole lot of years. But there's some other development nearby that bears checking in on which is equally, if not more exciting

The historic Spring Garden neighborhood has come a long way in the last twenty years. By now, most of the neighborhood has been redeveloped, with quaint row homes and historic mansions filling its tree-lined streets. Because of this, any example of vacancy in the neighborhood is particularly striking. So we

Last night, close to a hundred people attended a meeting at the Bainbridge Club where representatives from Universal Companies presented their plans for the long vacant, slowly deteriorating Royal Theater. We've been ringing the bell for a revitalized South Street West for years, and the historic Royal stands not only

Earlier this year, a tragic building collapse at 22nd & Market made national news. That corner, which was once home to a Salvation Army store, a former sandwich shop, and an adult bookstore, is now a dirt lot. Thousands of people have signed a petition to turn part of this

About two years ago, an asphalt lot on the Delaware, just south of Washington Avenue, was transformed into Washington Avenue Green. At the time, we drew a contrast between this park and the much costlier Race Street Pier about a mile to the north, suggesting that Washington Avenue Green proved

A reader gave us the heads up last week that cranes were delivering modules to the corner of Ridge & Lauriston, for the construction of several new homes. We made our way up there earlier today and found some brand new buildings on this site, where once there was a

Last year, Drexel President John Fry announced plans for the school and Amtrak to together develop a multi-million dollar feasibility study that looked into the possibility of developing the railyards around 30th Street Station.

This year, they're moving ahead and recently issued an RFP for a master plan to redevelop the

For years, the vacant corner building at 1900 Christian St. stood as a sentry for two undeveloped lots next door. One of the lots, 1902 Christian St., had been owned by the City since 1984, which explained why it sat empty for so many years. 1904 Christian St., on the

Right around Memorial Day, we first broke the news that a new Bottom Dollar Foods would be built on a long-vacant lot at 31st & Grays Ferry, across from the Pathmark Shopping Center. We check back in on this site today, the day before Veterans' Day, and discover that the

Yesterday, we looked at the interesting history of the Arts Bank on the southeast corner of Broad & South. Today, we glance across the street at a big project that's been under construction pretty much all year. When we last checked in on Southstar Lofts over the summer, the first