A couple of years ago, we reflected on the state of retail on South Street and lamented the numerous vacancies, pointing to the corner of 6th & South as a prime example of just how far South Street had fallen. On the 600 block, we counted several vacant storefronts, including

Several months ago, we featured the Samuel Machinery Company building at 135-37 N. 3rd St. as a 'Blight of the Week' property. And oh did it ever deserve the honor. See, it's one thing for a row home in a residential neighborhood to have boarded up windows or a failing

Yesterday, we passed along some new info about three projects under construction on the 800 block of Lawrence Street. And today, we have some updates about a couple of projects around the corner, right near a recently demolished warehouse at the corner of 5th & Poplar. As we told you

A few months ago, we told you about four foundations that had been poured on the 1300 block of Bainbridge St., which represented the first phase of twenty-two new homes replacing a big surface parking lot on this block. Sitting next to a gas station and in the shadow of

It may not be as exciting as the four-story mixed-use development currently being built a block away at 19th & Fairmount, but a six-unit residential project is set to go up in short order at the corner of 18th & Olive in Francisville. A couple of weeks ago, the ZBA

We were on our way to snap some photos of the new Penn Street section of the Delaware River Trail the other day, and as we headed east on Brown Street some new homes caught our eye. Circling back around, we realized that three separate projects we've previously told you about

If it isn't totally clear, we're pretty fond of this here town we call our home. Philadelphia pretty much has it all. History, arts, culture, great parks, a booming restaurant scene, some top notch universities, frustrating but lovable sports teams, and so much more. But that's not to say it's

If developers' vision comes to fruition, Queen Village will soon be home to a new upscale boutique hotel. Last summer, we wondered what was in store at the northwest corner of 5th & Bainbridge when we noticed the John C Paul and Sons paper company that operated out of a

Last August, we told you about some interesting construction activity on the 1300 block of S. Howard St., as a warehouse picked up an additional two stories and the warehouse next door got torn down. You can see, the change on the block has been fairly dramatic.

In the photo above,

Visit the Ralph Brooks Tot Lot at 20th & Tasker today and the first thing you notice is a chilling mural containing dozens of names of neighborhood victims of violence. It's perhaps appropriate that such a mural would exist next door to this twenty-five year old park, which was established