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

Several months ago, we told you about plans for the demolition of another church in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood, this time at the corner of 19th & Catharine. The plan that was presented to SOSNA at the time was for the construction of three town homes in its place, and

Over the winter, we told you about plans for the construction of thirty new homes at 1108 N. Front St., the site of a warehouse fire a year ago. The warehouse, owned by Tower Investments, was a blighted property that was horrible to look at and must have been even

In recent weeks, we've given a lot of coverage to the 5000 block of Baltimore Avenue. We told you about plans for a jazz cafe juice bar and coffee shop on the western end of the block. We gave you the lowdown on Babylon Bistro, a new restaurant coming next

About a week ago, we found ourselves on the corner of 16th & Montgomery, and noted that a mural (with a lousy message for kids) appeared to be on the outs, as it was surrounded by a construction fence. Just to the north, we spotted a collection of still-under-construction multi-unit