In the last year, we've covered some fairly significant additions to Cecil B Moore Avenue near Temple. At 19th & Cecil B, next door to a church that was once a cinema, eight units were built recently, with an unfortunate stucco-coated facade. Just a block to the east, twenty units

Months ago, we gave you the heads up that Girard Avenue in Brewerytown would soon be getting a new addition in the form of a second location from the folks who own Rybread. Well, last week, according to Foobooz, the new shop, dubbed Rybrew, opened its doors at 2816 W. Girard

Over the winter, we checked in on the 26th Precinct Police Station on Trenton Avenue, noting that a long-anticipated renovation was almost complete. At that time, residents had begun to move into the building, but the promised bank on the first floor had not yet appeared. But wouldn't you know,

It was probably a year ago that we first noticed that Rittenhouse Cleaners at 1703-05 Pine St. had closed down, though the long-time business was apparently closed for at least a year prior, if Google Street View is to be believed.

Recently, we've noticed that the storefront has looked increasingly shabby,

About a year and a half ago, a state-owned liquor store moved from their uninspired digs at Germantown & Girard into a huge and impressive space a block away, under the still-newish Superfresh next to the Piazza. It's not that the store's layout or its selection were bad per se (at least by

While we were out taking photos in Fishtown the other day, we chanced upon a blighted building and a vacant lot at the corner of Thompson & Colona. Plants climb from the ground to the roof in between the small yard and an evergreen colored fence is painted with what

Years ago, Anthony Travia came before NLNA with plans to build a large home at 956 N. American St., a vacant lot near Liberty Lands Park. Looking at the group's minutes from back in 2009, it seems that the community didn't support the project because it didn't have the required

We were up near Temple the other day, and a vacant building caught our eye and not for the first time. Located on the northwest corner of Broad & Jefferson, just on the edge of Temple's campus, this building sticks out like a sore thumb. Architecturally, it's wonderful, and you

A couple of readers have reached out in recent weeks, asking if we knew the lowdown on the northwest corner of 18th & Latona. A rather unattractive three story building was torn down here about a month ago, and a zoning notice recently appeared on the construction fence. Looking at

When we last checked in on the 35-unit development at 19th & Poplar, the second phase of homes were being framed out, and a large cigarette ad was being used as sheathing. We were in the area the other day and the cigarette ad is gone and construction on the