Passing by 413 Fairmount Ave. the other day, we noticed some construction activity at the old Arturo J. Wilson Funeral Home, which closed down in 2011. A dumpster sat out front, and all the windows were gone. We figured we'd get to the bottom of things to see whether a

About a month ago, we wondered what was next for Market Street West, inspired by the shuttering of adult-themed dinosaurs Les Gals and the Forum. Now, it seems that we at least have an idea of what will be the next step for several significant properties on the 2100 and

In December of 2011, we told you about the exciting new development that was nearly complete at 600 North Broad Street. Today, the complex represents the future promise of North Broad Street. Joe Volpe’s Vie, Marc Vetri’s Alla Spina and Stephen Starr’s Route 6 anchor a reviving area

Over a year ago, we told you that the folks from Indy Hall were teaming with the folks from Postgreen to establish a co-housing project at 1711 N. Howard St., just a few doors up the street from the First Steel homes. We were in that neck of the woods

After 15 years, the founders and producers of the Live Arts and Philly Fringe Festival, Philly’s off-beat theatre and musical festival, will soon be moving to an interesting new home. It will mean the repurposing of a 100-plus-year old building along the waterfront.

“It will be a kind of central hub,” said

Since AVI numbers were released last week, we've speculated that assessors never actually visited any properties, and we lamented the fact that the OPA has severely undervalued land across the entire city. Today, we reflect on perhaps the most alarming aspect of AVI that we've discovered so far: after two

If you read this blog with any sort of regularity, you know that we cover tons of development on the northern end of the Point Breeze neighborhood. Despite the dozens of new homes that have been built in the area in recent years, there is still quite of a bit

A reader gave us the heads up recently about 440 Belgrade St., a new home that was recently constructed on a formerly vacant lot. We swung by the property recently, and we will admit it's like nothing we've ever seen.

The extra-wide three bedroom home also has two full and two

We were in the area the other day, and moseyed on down one of Northern Liberties' narrowest streets to check out some development on display. 1018 and 1020 N. Leithgow St. were previously vacant lots, but now they contain two rather tall framed out homes with garages.

1018-28 N Leithgow St.

As the months have gone by, we've been peeking in the windows every couple of weeks to check on the progress of the new Honey's Sit 'n Eat planned for the northwest corner of 21st & South. Today, we walked by the long-awaited commercial space, and were surprised to see