Plans for new businesses along the 2nd Street business corridor in Northern Liberties are coming in as if someone was counting them off, six, seven, all we need is eight since we already have nine. We're talking blocks, of course.

Since April, there have been new proposals put before the Northern Liberties

Over a year and a half ago, we brought the 1500 block of Melon Street to your attention, noting two new homes and three foundations waiting for homes on this little block which dead-ends into Sydenham Street. At that time, we noted the slow but steady development in this little

Baltimore Crossing is a new pedestrian plaza now being constructed by the University City District (UCD) in West Philly, this time at 48th & Baltimore in front of the Gold Standard Café along the Baltimore Avenue Commercial Corridor. At a large five point intersection, the new plaza will be fabricated at the three corners on the south side of the

Back in February, we updated you on the ongoing demolition at the old Forum Theater and told you about upcoming plans to demolish three structures on the south side of the 2100 block of Market Street. Those buildings, previously home to Les Gals and Hoagie City, have been undergoing demolition

Two recent separate grants provided by the Community Design Collaborative (CDC) will mean plans for improvements along the 4th Street Commercial Corridor in Queen Village where a fire in late April ravaged a Fabric Row store, damaged others and claimed a fire captain’s life.

The Friends of Bainbridge Green (FOBG) received a $25K in kind

Today, the Charter High School For Architecture and Design (CHAD) stands at 105 S. 7th St., bound by Sansom, Chestnut, 6th and 7th Streets.  It would seem a fitting place to learn about architecture and design given the long architectural biography of the location.  Indeed, according to Philadelphia Dance History Journal, this was the site of Philadelphia’s very

In Francisville, development around 19th & Poplar over the past couple of years has had a transformative effect on the surrounding neighborhood. To name just a couple, projects like a ten-home development on Ginnodo Street and a 35-unit development that replaced several vacant structures have helped contribute toward making this area into an up

In our last post, we told you about four homes filling in a vacant wooded lot in Fairmount, and wondered how a lot could sit vacant for so many years in such an established neighborhood. As it's strange to see vacant lots in Fairmount, it's also unexpected to see vacant

A long wooded vacant and somewhat dismal corner in Fairmount is now all but transformed. When we passed by 23rd & Brandywine last week, the four homes we wrote about earlier this winter were close to being completed. Some final brick or stucco work along Brandywine Street appeared to be the last thing needed in order

Perhaps last weekend you enjoyed a day of music at the Roots Picnic at the Festival Pier. Tonight, you may enjoy the stylings of the house band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. And maybe you're like us and still listen to Phrenology once every couple of weeks. No matter,