A reader tipped us off that they spotted a protest today at the site of the building collapse at 22nd & Market. Apparently, Jurich Inc, a demolition contractor, has been hired to clear out the site, but some union guys don't believe that their workers are being paid a fair

Last October, we first told you about the work of Scioli Turco, a non-profit company that’s worked mostly in South Philly in the last couple of years, taking over vacant properties using Act 135. For those unfamiliar, this law, passed in 2009, allows residents, businesses, or non-profits to take conservatorship over a blighted

In Norris Square, the gorgeous stone and spired St. Boniface Church was demolished in 2011, and has been replaced by seven new contemporary single family homes, which have nearly been completed on the 100 block of Diamond Street.

These seven homes represent less than half of the number of homes originally planned

A few months ago, we told you that local gem Valley Green Bank would be taking over a vacant commercial space on the northwest corner of Broad & Tasker. Most recently a WIC office, the building was originally constructed in the late 1960s as a Continental Bank branch. It continued in its original banking use through

If you're anything like us, you get a little jealous every time you see people fishing in a small boat along the Schuylkill River. For those of you who have never seen the Schuylkill from the vantage point of a riverboat, the folks at the Schuylkill River Development Corporation (SRDC)

Last week, we updated you on the progress of three developments on the 800 block of N. Lawrence St., and noted that there were still other projects in that area that we would cover soon. Well today we have some info on one such project, located at 829-35 N. Leithgow

And now, another exciting edition of ‘places where Philadelphians used to be buried.’  Next time you’re chugging along on the elliptical or rocking through your Zumba class at Philadelphia Sports Club on South 5th Street, try not to think about the countless excommunicated Quakers that were once buried there.  Just a few blocks

Last summer, when we last checked in on 2116 Chestnut Street, the new building had grown to about ten stories. Over the last year or so, the 34-story building that replaced the modernist Sidney Hillman Medical Center has grown to full size, with the building now fully enclosed by shiny glass.

Currently,

This week, we told you about the ribbon cutting at the first section of the Delaware River Trail, running from Spring Garden Street to the Sugarhouse parking lot. While we were there, we spotted some significant construction activity across the street.

Next door to the Penn Treaty Village Pennthouses, Core Realty

Anyone who lives near 20th & Kimball is surely not a fan of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. Very few expressed any sort of pleasure when PHA built an unattractive two-story building on the northeastern corner of this intersection a couple of years ago. But much more damning to PHA is