A reader was wondering about the ongoing construction taking place at 6225 Ridge Ave., a property that was once home to a car dealership. That business went away years ago, though, and the site has sat dormant ever since. Earlier this year, though, construction got underway here in earnest, replacing

Two years ago, 747 N. 24th St. was a worn looking mixed-use building with an inactive corner commercial space. A couple of pictures and a Phillies flag were all that prettied up the storefront's otherwise blocked-out windows. Signs were on the building, suggesting that the owner was willing to sell,

A few months back, we told you about two projects just getting underway near the corner of 4th & Dickinson. Today, we check back in on those projects, and share news of a couple of others taking place nearby.

First, let's look at 1510 S. 5th St., a former vacant lot

In September, the $97.6M Chestnut Square welcomed its first school year, if a building can do such a thing, on Chestnut Street between 32nd and 33rd. The 19-story mixed-use residential tower developed by Drexel started bringing new retail to the area, like international company, Yogorino, this fall, and was envisioned

A reader tipped us off the other day that several homes are currently under construction on the 1900 block of Latona Street. Yesterday, we zipped over there to take a look and found three active construction sites to share with you. First, we look at 1929 Latona St., which is

Sometimes you don't really appreciate a public space until it's gone. Like, for example, the Oval. This summer Parks and Rec. took the parking lot in front of the Art Museum fountain and animated it with chairs and games and hosted public programming six days a week from mid-July through mid-September.

When we

In the southeastern section of the southwestern part of Center City (got that?), several small streets run north-south between Carpenter Street and Washington Avenue. We confess, we don't often find ourselves on any of these blocks, but they too are seeing their fair share of development these days. For example,

While this is more of a side dish than a meaty main course of development news, a three-story home on Washington Ave. just east of the Italian Market is getting a makeover. But when looked at in the context of other one-off improvements and developments in the immediate vicinity, the

First Friday in Old City seems like it's been happening forever. At this point, we take it for granted that once a month the galleries will open their doors and their wine bottles and welcome even the poorest bloggers inside. An exhibit opened at Philadelphia International Gallery this past First Friday which

A couple of readers have emailed us in recent days, asking if we'd heard anything about the demolition ongoing at the southwest corner of 20th & Waverly. We tried to do a little research into what was going on at 2001 Waverly St. and only after checking in with the