Months ago, in a post-Bloktoberfest haze, we brought you the good news that 1506 South St. would soon be home to the newest restaurant on the block, So Crepe. The space was formerly San Andres Salon and Day Spa, and for a few years sat mostly vacant or perhaps was

We were zipping around Francisville, snapping photos of all the development in the neighborhood, and were surprised to see a newly framed home at 1743 Cambridge St.

Doing a little research, we discovered that Concord Business Management LLC is building a duplex here, with a parking space in the rear. It's

We spotted a zoning notice a couple of weeks ago on a ho-hum building near the corner of 12th & Vine, but (as you might expect) were speeding by too fast to take a closer look. A few days later, we remembered to check the L&I Map and discovered that

A reader recently gave us the heads up that some significant construction activity was taking place at 1100 Spring Garden St., on the same block as the still-standing Church of the Assumption. Because it's what we do, we made our way over there to check it out. And they weren't

Back in December, we brought 1526 Frankford Ave. to your attention, noting that the former Samuel Machinery Co. warehouse had recently gotten its facade ripped off. At that time, a tarp was temporarily covering the front of the building, and we had no idea about what plans might be in store.

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It's amazing to consider that the Graduate Hospital neighborhood had over five-hundred vacant and/or blighted properties within its borders just fifteen years ago. Walking around the neighborhood today, you can go several blocks before stumbling upon such a structure, with the vast majority having been demolished and redeveloped or rehabbed

We've never been particularly fond of the aesthetic of Liberties Walk in Northern Liberties- it's always felt a little too Disney to us. But we would, on the other hand, posit that this development has had a rather positive effect on the neighborhood, giving it a concentrated mixed-use corridor to

Last night at the Philadelphia School, representatives from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Cooper Robertson and Partners held a community meeting to discuss plans for CHOP's significant project coming soon to Schuylkill Avenue. This presentation represented the fourth large community meeting regarding this development, and included some details that came

We were zipping up Frankford Avenue last week to grab a slice and a scoop at Pizza Brain and Little Baby's Ice Cream, respectively, when we noticed some new-looking signage next to Palmer Park. Truth be told, we'd wondered about 1619 Frankford Ave. in the past, admiring its unique appearance

It's true that Francisville has seen a tremendous amount of new construction in recent years. Many blighted properties have been replaced by new homes, and plenty of vacant lots have been filled in. Despite all of this, there is still plenty of blight and vacancy that remains in the neighborhood,