We've spilled quite a bit of digital ink discussing the Actual Value Initiative (AVI), the Office of Property Assessment's (OPA) effort to reassess the properties in Philadelphia fairly and accurately. And while it's clear that OPA did a rather imperfect job in their first effort to reassess Philadelphia's 560K+ properties,

We imagine that at one point in its history, the 1300 block of Chadwick Street was complete, with dozens of homes on both sides of this little street that runs between 16th & 17th, Wharton & Reed. Today, however, this block is about two-thirds vacant, with almost the entire eastern

Most scientists agree that we humans are rapidly making our way through the Earth's fossil fuels. With cars being one of the more significant culprits in this phenomenon, alternative fuels have emerged in recent years to attempt to reduce the use of gasoline in getting us from one place to

One of the things Cedar Park Neighbors (CPN) Director of Development Impact David Hirchner realized after the group's 2010 discussion about the Baltimore Avenue commercial corridor was the group would benefit from a set of guiding principles to further steer development in that area.

When the Phila2035 meetings to collect community

Back in December, we checked in on 1500 Sansom St., formerly home of Roy's Restaurant. Roy's had moved out of the first floor over a year prior, and at least two replacement concepts had already fallen through for the space. Months earlier, news had broken that Ocean Prime, a seafood and

Last summer, we told you about a ministry replacing a cafe at 13th & Catharine, and a vacant commercial space across the street that was formerly home to a Dollar Store. For a year, the space at 800 S. 13th St. has remained empty, and folks in the neighborhood have

For over a decade, there's been a Starbucks on the southeast corner of 16th & Walnut. And for as long as we can remember, there's been a vacant commercial space immediately to its south. We always kind of thought it curious that such a highly trafficked location would sit vacant

A couple of weeks ago, an article in the Daily News attempted to tackle the tensions that have arisen in Francisville with the number of new residents that have arrived in the neighborhood in recent years. And it's with an eye toward attempting to defuse some of those tensions that several

New residents could move into thirty or forty units in the four-story southern wing of The Croydon at 49th & Locust in West Philly by late fall, according to Scott Oren of Orens Brothers, the owner and developer of the building.

While that's weeks behind the originally estimated September end point

Dodging the raindrops (with mixed results) yesterday, we spotted three different projects within a block of each other in Francisville. The three each come from different developers, and are all at different stages of completion. Let's start with the homes closest to being finished, which we've already told you about