The baroque-styled structure at 615 S. 6th St. has long attracted the curiosity of passersby.  Until just this past month, the building housed a modestly-sized mall of antique vendors.  By far the most intriguing relic was the building itself though.  According to Phila Place, the building was built in 1905 as Chevra B’nai Reuben,

Driving in or out of University City via the Spring Garden Bridge can be a glimpse of development to come.

First, there's the fenced-in vacant lot at 31st & Spring Garden that plays home to a black and white sign that's apparently been there for years. We shared plans for that

Back in April, we noted that the renovation project at the former AAA Building at 2040 Market St. was nearly finished, and that the much-larger mixed-use building was for sale. While we don't know whether a sale of the building has been executed or not, today we can tell you that

When we last checked in on Norris Point last fall, four of the planned ten homes had been constructed and were still being completed inside. We were in the area last week, and noticed that the project has taken advantage of the time that's gone by, and all of the

Last week, we checked in on three projects at varying stages of completion on 16th Street in Francisville. Today, we turn our attention to the southwest corner of 15th & Ogden, just a block away. Back in January, we first told you about plans for two homes on this vacant

A 2.6 acre plaza will double as the ceiling for five levels of underground parking at the Buerger Center for Pediatric Care now under construction at the site of the former Convention Hall on the South Campus of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in University City, on Civic Center

A reader checked in recently, wondering about 2337 and 2339 Pennsylvania Ave., two vacant lots near the Ben Franklin Parkway. According to this individual, the lots have looked like this for the two decades he's lived in the neighborhood. Because we love a good mystery and hate unused vacant land,

This spring we brought you news of a string of three rehabs along the 5100 block of Chester Avenue. As of late, 5020 Chester Ave., the middle three of those homes, was completed and a few homes down at 5030 Chester Ave., demo work has begun.

This winter, we initially wondered

Progress continues at the Goldtex Apartments at 12th & Wood, which we last checked in on back in December. This mixed-use adaptive reuse project from Post Brothers should be ready for its first residents soon, despite a well-publicized battle with local trade unions throughout the construction process. And now, as the

Cinema Treasures tells us that Ripley Music Hall opened at 606 South St. in 1909 with a seating capacity of 500. However, the image taken from G.W. Bromley’s Philadelphia Atlas tells us that by 1910, the theatre was known by the much more hilarious handle, the Hippodrome.

In 1925, the Hippodrome underwent major renovations, which,