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

A few months back, we told you about plans for five structures coming to the corner of 7th & Thompson. We expected to see the buildings go up along 7th Street, but when we were in the area the other day we noticed that they were in fact rising along

When we last checked in on the southeast corner of 12th & Lombard, the unfortunately named Pain Center had just been demolished in preparation for the construction of six new homes. As spring has changed to summer and now summer prepares to exit stage right, the new homes have slowly risen

For years, the 941 Theatre on Front Street played host to various arts and music acts. Now, at the site where the Vampire Legends of Sodom once showed at the theatre during the Fringe Fest and local filmmakers previously showcased their films, exercise enthusiasts and gym goers can show their

When we last checked in on the 700 block of N. 20th Street in Francisville, developers were demolishing a blighted and vacant property, formerly of the PHA, and accidentally damaged the roof of the liquor store on Fairmount Avenue. Since then, the developers have finished the demolition job and built