For as long as we can remember, 1110-14 South St. has been a vacant lot despite its relatively prime location. Used primarily as a parking lot, some fairly awful murals have adorned one side of the lot, essentially putting some (cheap) lipstick on a pig. But today we bring some

At 21st & Market, it’s like an architectural plastic surgeon showed up and performed an operation on 2040 Market St., the former AAA Mid-Atlantic Headquarters building. What was a standard don’t look twice five-story building is nearing completion of being transformed into a 13-story 281-unit mixed-use building with a glass-faced façade that

We were traipsing through Manayunk the other day, and some new construction on Lyceum Avenue caught our eye. Doing some digging on the project, we found some info from the Roxborough-Manayunk Patch, the local website covering all things Manayunk and Roxborough. And according to the Patch, the project at 368

If the State Gaming Control Board approves the SugarHouse expansion plan this May, it will mean more gambling and more parking along Delaware Avenue. According to Planphilly, the revised plan seeks $410M in financing for a project that includes a seven-story 1,500 space parking garage, instead of a ten-story parking garage

Every few weeks, it seems that there's another residential development to tell you about in Point Breeze. But to this point, relatively few new businesses have sprung up in the area to take advantage of the swelling ranks of folks looking for a bite to eat or a tasty beverage

A couple of years ago, we wondered about a vacant commercial space at the corner of 3rd & Catharine. Most recently home to a software company, this corner may soon be home to a new coffee and crepe shop, the third coffee shop in a roughly two block radius. Despite

Not even two months ago, we told you that Fishtown's Little Baby's Ice Cream would be opening a second retail location at 4903 Catharine St., right next to Cedar Park. As you surely already know, this commercial stretch has seen plenty of new businesses open in the last couple of

A year ago, we first told you about Weccacoe Flats, a three-unit project planned for 817-19 S. 5th St. in Queen Village. Brought to you by the folks who built Bancroft Green, the flats replace two homes that were built nearly two-hundred years ago, but have been vacant for quite some time.

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Over the past couple of years, we've written several times about Triangle Park, a green space that sprung up at the intersection of E. Passyunk Avenue and Christian and S. 6th Streets a few years ago. This triangular lot was a gas station for decades, then it sat vacant, then

In 2010, Laurissa Kuehn and Carlos Cardenas purchased 2231 Montrose St., a two-story home on an adorable Graduate Hospital block. A few years later, the couple find themselves outgrowing this two-bedroom, one-bathroom home and facing a choice between expanding the home they've come to love or moving out, perhaps out