A couple of weeks ago, we profiled the 5000 block of Baltimore Avenue, sharing the news that a new restaurant would soon be arriving on the scene, brought to you by the folks at Aksum. And while Babylon Bistro will surely be a nice addition to the neighborhood when it

Over the winter, we told you about two new foundations right off the corner of Frankford & Montgomery, next door to a building that went up in 2011. These square-shaped homes were being built on the rear of a huge Frankford Ave. lot that was being chopped up into three

Over a year ago, we told you about plans to build the first truly net zero homes in Philadelphia on the site of an old seafood warehouse in Northern Liberties. Passing by the corner of 4th & Brown the other day, we noticed that the project appears to now be moving forward,

In West Philadelphia, the Vineyard Community Church (VCC), founded in 2004, is looking to join the civic party seemingly led by the University City District (UCD), and as of late the People's Emergency Center (PEC).

The church is currently seeking nonprofits with a strong community-centric focus to apply for a Building It

13th Street, Green Street, and Ridge Avenue together form a triangle that's located within spitting distance of the still-blighted Divine Lorraine. For over a hundred years, we'd wager, a building has stood on this lot at 1244 Ridge Ave., though its better days are clearly many years in the past.

A long vacant corner retail location may soon become the areas's newest coffee shop with two apartments upstairs. But some neighbors are concerned that support for a variance from the Queen Village Neighbors Association (QVNA) to allow prepared foods at 542 Lombard St., could open the door for a variety

Preemptive disclosure that Ori Feibush owns this blog, in case ya didn't know. And while this post will surely be biased, it will still raise some important points that are true, notwithstanding that bias. Just wanted to be up front, mkay?

One of the more straightforward and common zoning applications that

We were killing time yesterday before heading to a ZBA hearing, and decided to take a quick jaunt to the neighborhood near Temple to see if we could spot anything interesting. Probably the most noteworthy thing we noticed was at 1534 N. 16th St., a large old building that's undergoing

At 29th & Poplar, a renovation in the very southern end of Brewerytown, is now underway. We passed by 871 N. 29th St. while out exploring what we're calling the Girard transition. This project is interesting to us because it's rare to see projects of this scale taking place in

A couple of weeks ago, we told you about plans for two new homes to rise at the corner of 23rd & Carpenter, the long-time site of a surface parking lot. In either direction on this street, there's construction activity worth mentioning, though all of the one-off variety.

First, 2342 Carpenter