We see plenty of rehabs around town getting new front facades, but it's rare that we see a building getting a new side wall. But that's just what we encountered at 1308 S. 7th St., where we're guessing a renovation that involved a new front facade necessitated the replacement of

Since 1989, Scoop DeVille has made its home at 1734 Chestnut St., watching dozens of businesses come and go on the block. But come tomorrow, Scoop DeVille will fade away into ephemera like so many other businesses before it, according to Michael Klein.

Klein writes that the owners of the business

The Porch at 30th Street Station has been upping its game. Launched in 2011, the space has been improved in phases demonstrating an alternative way to public space making: build what you can when you can, then improve. It’s like buying an old home and fixing it up over time.

Over the

We've always had a bit of a crush on 2212 Walnut St., sometimes known as the WPEN building. The building was constructed in 1928, and designed by Ralph Bencker, the architect for 1901 Walnut St. and the guy who did storefront work for several Horn & Hardart locations during that

Baltimore Avenue you keep making us smile, and you may soon make us nod to a little bit of jazz. On the heels of the new businesses opening between 49th and 50th streets along Baltimore Ave. this past year, including Little Baby's Ice Cream this month, we had been wondering and waiting

Yesterday, we were walking down 21st Street and were surprised to discover some serious interior demolition taking place at 2064 Saint Albans St., a corner property. This home seemed to be in decent condition, though perhaps a little worn down, and now it's been thoroughly gutted.

Our first thought was that

On the recommendation of a reader, we made our way to Brewerytown the other day to check in on some ongoing residential projects that we've covered in the past few months. First we stopped at 31st & Baltz, where last month two foundations sat, waiting for new houses to be

It's clear that South Street West has experienced a tremendous rebirth in recent years, with a plethora of new businesses appearing on the corridor. Much of the momentum, however, has been limited to the stretches of South Street that have a critical mass of businesses, leaving some other blocks lagging

It's been about a year since we checked in on Queen's Walk, a sixteen-home development at 5th & Montrose that was built to sell, but ended up as rentals in the end. These homes were built where a dessert-topping manufacturer once stood, and across the street from where several blocks

A phased green redevelopment of Penn’s Landing is edging ever closer as the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC) announced this month its selection of international and domestic award-winning firm Hargreaves Associates to perform preliminary design work on the area defined by a stretch that runs between Market and South Streets