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

Yesterday, officials cut the ribbon on the newly renovated Francisville Playground at Wylie & Cameron. This regularly-used play space for neighborhood kids had been in need of a little love for quite some time, and $250K later it's been improved considerably.

According to a press release, the renovations included new play

Excitement abounded back in August when we told you that the dream of a Philly Bike Share was finally going to become a reality in 2014. And while we have nothing but enthusiasm for this concept which has worked so nicely in other towns, there's still a lot of logistical

When we last visited the former home of the Pearl-Pressman-Liberty Printers at 5th & Poplar a few months ago, the old warehouse had recently been demolished in preparation for the construction of twenty-one new homes. In the time since, foundations have been poured for the new homes, allowing the site

The Lord is out and Dunkin' Donuts will be in this spring at 40th & Sansom, across the street from Fresh Grocer, right near Penn's campus. That is where the lovely stone Methodist Episcopal Church will be demolished to make way for an uber-contemporary one-story all-glass structure.

And thank god it will be

During the winter of 2012, three homes replaced vacant lots on the 2000 block of E. Susquehanna. Built by US Construction, the homes are all owned by different investors and offered as rentals. Often with projects like this, the homes are rented for a few years then offered for sale,

Sometimes in Philadelphia, it seems the world has turned upside down. According to the Daily News, residents gathered outside the Mother Bethel AME Church at 6th & Lombard last night for a vigil, praying that Historical Commission would change its mind on a project it recently approved. The project in question