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 Many blighted properties have been replaced by new homes, and plenty of vacant lots have been filled in.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,

Local officials and civic groups have big visions for Philadelphia development, economic and otherwise. One, Green2015 is a push to create 500 acres of new green space by 2015. Another is the redevelopment of Penns Landing. Those goals are being reached by planning efforts like Phila2035 and through initiatives like greening school and rec

If you've never visited Prohibition Taproom at 13th & Buttonwood, you're surely missing out on a great neighborhood pub experience. And if you wish to visit this gem of a bar in the coming weeks or months, you'll surely notice that there are at least three construction projects taking place

Go to most of the neighborhoods surrounding Center City, and you'll find a healthy number of green spaces that are open to the public. Graduate Hospital, until very recently, has been more or less bereft of public green space, with the nearly complete Julian Abele Park representing a very new

In University City, the academic institutions after which the area is named are continuing to stretch out in all directions. Just last week, for example, Drexel University reported that they had acquired, for a mere $8.9M, a triangular parcel at 32nd & Market that currently houses a Firestone auto repair shop.

While the Firestone will continue