In March of 2012, we told you about plans for five new homes next to Palmer Park, on a triangular piece of land bordered by Memphis, Orange, and Earl Streets. Back then, a one-story triangular warehouse stood on this site, but that building is now history.

While the triangular building above

Near Temple University, two blocks of Master Street depict the place where blight meets redevelopment. The 1700 block is home to a huge tract of vacant land, several other one-off lots, and a few blighted buildings. Just a block farther west, the 1800 block has five duplexes under construction, a project

Over the weekend, we were making our way back from West Philly when we noticed that the Cira Centre South has progressed mightily since we told you about its groundbreaking back in February. From grade at Chestnut Street, it's now ten stories high. Obviously, it's still got a long way

Over a year ago, we told you about plans to renovate 1355 N Front St., which was at that time both vacant and rough looking. Located right next to the El, this former distillery was to become a mixed-use building, with apartments located above a commercial space of some kind. As

Back in April, we told you about plans from developer Vitaly Paluchenko to replace a large vacant lot near Washington Avenue with three buildings, each of which would have three condo units. In the time that's passed since then, ground has been broken at 1021-25 S. 18th St. and the buildings have been

In Passyunk Square, the former Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses building at 1235 Federal St. is part of developers' plans to bring ten new apartments to the block. The property sold in December 2012 for $460K, after we told you the lot was on the market about a year ago.

We were buzzing our way through Northern Liberties the other day after enjoying some tasty free tacos at Union Taco's grand opening, when we stumbled upon a new construction site. 427 Poplar St. has, for years, been an overgrown vacant lot. But soon enough, it will turn into a new

About a year ago, we first brought 112-120 Christian St. to your attention, noting that the former home of the Scandinavian Shipping Supply Co. had been on the market for $1.5M but was already under contract. At the time, we wondered whether the buyers would go with town homes on this huge

Though Point Breeze has seen considerable redevelopment in recent years, there remain some blocks that have gone almost untouched by all the renovation and new construction. One such block is the 1100 block of S. Sydenham St., which has a small selection of inhabited homes but mostly contains vacant land

About a year and a half ago, we first told you about plans from Pearl Properties to construct a new building on a surface parking lot on the 1600 block of Sansom Street. The north side of this block was basically ruined by Sam Rappaport, and then demolished in the