A reader checked in the other day, wondering about 1009 S. 7th St., a building that lost its facade awhile ago, and is still waiting for it to be replaced. Looking at Google Maps from 2011, you can see the bricks were still there...

But as the photos below reveal, the

Months ago, Naked Philly favorite Feder's Fresh closed its doors, depriving residents of Spring Garden, Fairmount, and Francisville of a convenient place to procure fresh and inexpensive produce. Fortunately, the neighborhood still had Garden Fresh Produce and Deli, located at 23rd & Fairmount, to fill those needs. But it seems

In recent years, Susquehanna Avenue has experienced development on both sides of Front Street. In East Kensington, numerous projects have risen, including several homes with creative design elements. In the other direction, the Norris Square Civic Association has actively developed quite a bit of affordable housing. Right in the middle of

It's no secret that Philadelphia has a considerable amount of vacant land. If you read this blog with any regularity, then you're surely noticed that hardly a day goes by that we don't mention a vacant lot in some rapidly developing neighborhood that's being replaced by a new building. The

A reader was surprised the other day when they spotted a mural on a newish house on the northeast corner of Smedley & Fitzwater. Murals, from what we understand, are a complex undertaking that typically takes considerable planning and a decent amount of time to complete. That's to say that

Over in Fishtown, there are dozens of isolated properties that look like they could use some love. Some of them are vacant. Some are occupied. On Susquehanna, just below Girard at the corner of Harper Street, a block from I-95 and a few more blocks from the waterfront, a duplex

A little less than a year ago, developer Steve Rodriguez received the necessary variances from the ZBA to construct a four story, mixed-use building on what is currently a surface parking lot at 24th & Grays Ferry. Designed through a collaboration between Campbell Thomas and LABhaus, the twenty-two unit structure promised to bring

We've written quite a bit about the fact that development in Northern Liberties is spreading to other neighborhoods as vacant land in No Libs becomes scarcer and more expensive. Fishtown, South Kensington, and Poplar are all seeing new development on blocks that developers wouldn't have given any thought to just

At 12th & Spring Garden, the southwest corner features a property that looks positively awful, as our friend GroJLart wrote in the City Paper this spring (though we've hyperlinked his story, the link now curiously doesn't work). It's the site of a derelict former car repair shop that looks like it's a Hollywood representation

A few months back, we told you about a new hole we'd discovered at 1244 S. 17th St., next to a church that was for sale. Checking back on this corner last week, we discovered that a new single family home has gone up, with some dark colored bricks and a