In West Philly, Baltimore Avenue near Cedar Park has seen numerous businesses come and go in the past year or so.

Last March, the Mariposa Food Co-op moved a few blocks west to 4824 Baltimore Ave., into a much larger (and cooler-looking) space than they previously inhabited. Prior to Mariposa's arrival, the adjacent

Last fall, we told you that developer Eric Blumenfeld had purchased the historic yet blighted Divine Lorraine, ostensibly with plans for a mixed-use renovation for the building. At the time, rumor had it that Marc Vetri was in discussions with Blumenfeld about opening a restaurant on the ground floor of

Over the past few years, Philadelphia has seen much greater attention paid to pedestrian and bicycle safety. Bike lanes have been carved out of Center City streets rather seamlessly, with Spruce, Pine, 13th, and 10th Streets becoming major arteries for cyclists going from place to place. Just a couple of

Back in October, we told you about the completed pedestrian connector bridge linking Schuylkill River Park with the Schuylkill River Trail, and also gave you the early lowdown on a planned 2,000 foot "floating boardwalk" extending the trail to the South Street bridge. At that time, the only sign of

Last fall, we speculated that the PREIT's purchase of 901 Market St. could mean that the Gallery Mall was finally close to undergoing a very necessary renovation and re-imagining. At that time, a Philadelphia Business Journal article suggested that the company was planning to turn the mall inside out, if you will,

A couple of months ago, we broke the news that the long-awaited Carpenter Square project at 17th & Carpenter had finally broken ground. We were in the area the other day and noticed that the project is chugging along. Foundations seem to have been poured for all of the homes,

A little less than a year ago, we first told you about plans for the construction of seven new homes at 114-22 Ellsworth St., a vacant lot in Pennsport. Since then, foundations have been poured, framing has taken place, interior work has been done, and the homes look like they're

In Philadelphia there are a string of innovative programs designed to kickstart development and the local economy. There’s the EnergyWorks program, which provides loans for energy efficient residential and commercial projects. There’s sustainability and green efforts like Green2015, planting one million trees and transforming school blacktops intro greenspace. To help secure additional funding

As we sit here on Good Friday, we have news about another church that's slated to be demolished in order to feed the ever-hungry development monster. The newest House of God on the outs is St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, according to Hidden City. The church, located on the northwest

A couple of months ago, we told you about plans from Postgreen to construct FRANK 2, a new mixed-use building at 2032-34 Frankford Ave., currently a vacant lot. Today, we have a little bit of new information as well as some pretty new pictures to share. In case you're forgotten,