If you're ever at the corner of 30th & Cecil B. Moore, you'll quickly find yourself starting at an impressive and unusual building that's got an interesting history and some legitimate architectural significance. The Eastern building, as it's commonly referred to today, was built in 1922 by the Philadelphia Realty

In Passyunk Square, several projects currently under construction will add a significant number of apartments to the neighborhood in the coming year. Most recently, we spotted construction taking place at a once dilapidated building at 9th and Greenwich which will soon result in the addition of six more units, including

We keep telling you about all the good stuff coming to Frankford Avenue. But we don't want you to think that we're just giving news about projects that get proposed but never built, ya know? So here are a couple of updates on some major new projects coming to this

The Philadelphia waterfront is in the process of a receiving major investment dollars for various improvements and redevelopments from north to south, like Pier 53, Pier 68 and enhancements to Penn Treaty Park. As institutional development continues, developers are also getting in on the waterfront mix, building residential units with

Readers often ask us where we get all our scoops for Naked Philly. There's no single answer- we closely follow the zoning calendar, we attend various neighborhood meetings, we're on dozens of listservs, we drive around town and look for construction, we have sources in the real estate industry, we

Penn is up and building again, this time in the form of a six-story office building with a green roof at 39th & Walnut. This will mark the second new structure on the block in the last few years, joining the Radian, a 14-story residential tower with various commercial offerings,

Perhaps it was inevitable. What comes up must come down. Peaks are followed by valleys. Bears follow bulls. For the past couple of years, it's been only good news for South Street West as new businesses have filled vacant spaces and new buildings have gone up on vacant lots. And

Cecil B. Moore Avenue near Temple has seen a tremendous uptick in development in recent years. Student housing has exploded on this street, with new apartment buildings replacing vacant land, collapsed churches, and shuttered schools. With much of this new development residential in nature, it might surprise you to know

Envision the Philadelphia's eastern edge bordered by a natural boundary of parks and green spaces, wetlands and piers, trails and marinas, and you can begin to understand the overarching principles of the Plan for the Central Delaware to create a 30-acre green space along the Delaware waterfront.

To add to the

Head up the 2000 block of E. Arizona St., and you'll find a couple of homes, some converted warehouses, some vacant land, and what look like shuttered garages. But soon enough, those garages, which currently look awful, will disappear into the ether. In their place will rise four new homes.

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