While it's still only a proposal, a proprietor for a potential lawn care business has apparently appeared quickly for the 51st & Baltimore corner we wrote about last month. Greensgrow Farms might occupy a long-time vacant lot and rehab a long-time bruised building across the street that looks like it

Since we lived close by once upon a time, we're comfortable saying that the 600 block of Federal Street is a fine place to live. Convenient access to the Italian Market, and even more convenient access to cheesesteaks 24 hours a day. There's a playground a block away Gold Star

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