The first L.E.E.D. Platinum pre-certified building in Philadelphia opened its doors last month in West Powelton. 2.0 University Place houses U.S. Community and Immigration Services, as well as offices for Shraga Studios, the firm that designed this structure, which meets its visitors with a glass face at 41st & Powelton.

The

A week ago, we told you about plans for four buildings with fifteen condo units to replace a vacant lot at 21st & Federal. Today, we have some info on a much more straightforward project a block to the west that will transform a lot that's just as vacant as

When the reworked zoning code took effect last August, it redefined the names of all the zoning districts, but didn't change the existing zoning classifications for the properties in town. In many neighborhoods, those old classifications are inconsistent with the way the area has developed and as such are out

In recent years, it seems it's all been peaches and Cream for Girard Avenue in Brewerytown. In the last couple of months alone, Rybrew and Shifty's Taco opened their doors to enthused and hungry crowds. Several buildings have also been renovated of late, with the notable example of a church being turned

It's official. The old Armory building constructed in 1886 that has for years lived on South Broad Street in a state a blight is making way for rental apartments. It's currently being demolished after the ZBA approved developers' plans to raze the building at 1221 S. Broad St. and construct a

About six months ago, when we last checked in on 817-19 S. 5th St. in Queen Village, the old buildings that had stood at this address for almost  two-hundred years had been demolished and a new structure had risen in their place. Passing by the other day, it appeared to us as

Over a year ago, we spread the good news that 521 S. Juniper St., a surprisingly blighted property, was finally getting fixed up. Looking back to 2009, you can see the condition it was in.

In the last year, the owners of the property have put a new facade on the

A reader gave us a tip yesterday about a new pit that recently appeared on the 100 block of Walnut Street, next door to the still-vacant Old Original Bookbinders. We zipped over there to check it out and can indeed verify the existence of a relatively new and rather significant

Last year, developers demolished a one-story home on 19th Street in Francisville and replaced it with a three story duplex. The project caused a stir in the neighborhood in a way that you might not expect unless you visited the block in question. See, this entire block was razed and

La Colombe co-founder Todd Carmichael was raised in Port Richmond and is now an international businessman, as well as the first American explorer to cross Antarctica to the South Pole, alone, on foot, and without assistance, as well as the record holder for the fastest solo expedition to the South