For many years, we've wondered about 1036-38 N. 4th St., a seemingly vacant warehouse that's even bigger than it looks at first glance. On its front is a peeling sign advertising a real estate auction from several years ago that apparently never happened, covering a sign for Liberty Self Storage,

Philadelphia’s waterfront has long been the subject of ambition and disappointment.    Much discussion has centered on repurposing the dozens of piers that once served the city’s booming maritime and industrial sectors.  To date, the greatest successes are those lining the river just between Callowhill and the gorgeous Race Street Pier.  At the northern point

Today, members of Mayor Nutter's administration gave their opinions to the PA Gaming Control Board on the six proposals currently under consideration for Philadelphia's second casino license. If you'd like a rundown of all of the groups vying for this lucrative license, check out this excellent summary from today's Daily

Yesterday, we told you about plans from developer Roman Mosheyev to build fifteen new apartment units on a long-vacant lot at 21st & Federal. After Mosheyev's presentation last night at the South Philadelphia H.O.M.E.S. meeting, we have some clarifications and some thoughts to share on the matter.

Change number one: According to the

Between Farragut & Market Streets in West Philly, onions and tomatoes will soon be joined by people relaxing. That's where a community park is just about finished being constructed by The Enterprise Center, where it will couple with the already existing Walnut Hill Community Farm.

According to the West Philly Local, new features include

It seems that every week or two we have news about the disappearance of another vacant lot in Point Breeze. With few exceptions, most of those projects have involved single-family homes. Offhand, we can only think of the two duplexes coming to 20th & Wharton as a recent example of

A couple of months ago, we told you about plans for a new home at 956 N. American St., a project that's still under construction. Today, we have news about another development coming to the block- but first a word about the block itself. The 900 block of American Street represents

On the southeast corner of 12th & Brandywine, a new building is currently under construction. You may recall, we brought this intersection to your attention many moons ago, when we talked about six new homes coming to the northeast corner. While that project is not yet in the ground, plans

About six weeks ago, when we last visited the 1600 block of Ogden Street, Citi Properties LLC was in the process of building two duplexes here. In case you can't picture it, this block is all vacant lots on the south side of the street, and has plenty of vacancy

When we last checked in on the corner of 2nd & Wharton, a burned out warehouse had just been demolished and earth was being moved around in preparation for the construction of eleven new homes. Over the past few months, there's been plenty of progress at the site, with about