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

In Fishtown, a beat up seemingly and vacant garage across the street from Konrad Square Park will soon get a top bunk. In August, the FNA supported plans from developers seeking to build a single-family apartment on top of a preexisting garage at 2206 E Fletcher St. that has certainly

Sorry, we're not talking about the embarrassingly vacant lot on the 1900 block. Wish we were, to be honest.

Instead, we recently heard about plans to build some new homes on the 2100 block of Walnut Street, at the corner of Van Pelt. Conservatory Group USA recently acquired the large parcel

If you don't live in Queen Village, Bella Vista or Hawthorne, you've probably never heard of little Hall Street, which runs east-west between Montrose and Carpenter Streets. It's one of those streets that appears and then disappears willy nilly, only to reappear a few blocks later and then dead end.

Last June, we told you about plans for twenty new apartments for the corner of 2nd & Jefferson in South Kensington. At that time, the large parcel was mostly vacant land, and also contained the remains of an old lumber mill. Last summer, the lot was overgrown to the point that

A reader emailed us recently, wondering about a tiered four-story building at 51st & Walnut. This huge property appears to be vacant, but would look wondrous if it could be restored.

The building, 5052-54 Walnut St., was acquired for just $5,000 back in 1995, according to public record. At the time

Over two years ago, we first brought you news that CHOP would be crossing the river and constructing a huge new facility on Schuylkill Avenue. At that time, some older buildings near the South Street Bridge were being demolished, ostensibly setting the stage for a groundbreaking at some point in