For years, 2026 Fairmount Ave. was a source of blight, slowly collapsing next door to the Fairmount Pet Shoppe. Over a number of years, the owners slowly fixed up the building, with the property apparently changing hands in 2010, midway through the lengthy renovation. We last checked in on this

Neighborhood festivals can be great ways to bring together local businesses and residents, while at once building and showcasing the character of the neighborhood. In Northern Liberties, for example, thousands from inside and outside the neighborhood walked along 2nd Street and through the Piazza during last year's 2nd Street Festival.

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If you've ever travelled over the Ben Franklin Bridge and headed through town via 8th Street, you've surely noticed the terrible PPA parking garage that "arches over" 8th Street between Arch and Filbert. Its miserable aesthetic comes off even worse when you consider what it replaced when it was built

In Francisville, the development seems to keep on coming. From four quadplexes at 16th and Poplar, to the major 55-unit Project H.O.M.E. development at Fairmount & Ridge, to a 35-unit development around 19th and Poplar, there doesn't seem to be an end in sight. And as we were checking out the progress of some of these larger

We'd imagine that at least a few of you are preparing to run in this weekend's Broad Street Run. A Philly tradition, this race gives participants the opportunity to experience almost all of Broad Street, from Somerville Ave. all the way down to the Navy Yard. For some, however, the

Ahoy mateys! Land bouy, dead ahead!

A land bouy, of course, is both beacon and wind monitor. It tracks the current of the sky with a sail that produces a deep, haunting sound when moved by the wind. And it's also the art concept proposed to serve as a gateway to

Back at the end of 2011, we first told you about plans for a new cafe across the street from the then-not-yet-started Bottom Dollar in Brewerytown. A year later, we checked back in on the space and discovered a totally redone exterior, and some degree of interior progress toward this new

We'll refrain from sharing the specific results from a recent 4am jaunt to Sugarhouse, but after this unmitigated disaster, we noted an interesting rickety and seemingly vacant building across the street from the casino, at the corner where Shackamaxon St. hits Delaware Avenue. Since the casino recently announced its plans for

Weeks ago, we wondered whether a former factory at 8th & Jefferson could represent an opportunity for future redevelopment. Though the site is only a half a dozen blocks away from Temple University, and just a couple of blocks south of the still-under-construction Paseo Verde project, it still has significant limitations in

In Fishtown, Port Richmond and Kensington, various sustainable efforts have dominated the work of local groups. In order to continue to develop concepts like the Big Green Block and the Columbia Avenue Connector, members of the New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC) hosted an event last month called the Blight Busters Ball.

“It helped