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

The southwest corner of 10th and Fitzwater is relatively inconspicuous today, standing across from a far more noticeable corner occupied by popular brunch spot Sam’s Morning Glory Diner and diagonal from the Palumbo Playground.  But at one time, this corner was occupied by quite the imposing structure.  Starting with its opening in 1872, The Maternity Hospital

Back in April of 2012, we passed along the news that a new dining establishment would be coming to 689-95 N Broad St., a former auto tag place. At that time, we had no idea what kind of business was seeking a variance for a take-out restaurant with outdoor seating,

On the narrow 100 block of Earp Street sits a boring warehouse that has housed a wood worker for the past several years. But soon, the building at 111-117 Earp St. will go from blah to fabulous if its new owners have anything to say about it.

Back in June, we

A couple of months ago, we told you about plans for a new mixed-use development on the northeast corner of 23rd & Christian. The developers in this case are the principals of the Senior Resource Group, a company that helps seniors choose insurance carriers. This company has been renting office space at this