The 1100 blocks of N. Howard St. and N. Hope St. have come up repeatedly on this site over the past year, mostly due to the Residences at H3, a large project that's brought twenty new homes to these blocks. As those homes have apparently been completed, we've seen some

Market Street in West Philadelphia is undergoing a facelift. That means both new towers and new tenants realized through development by major institutions. Example A: the Science Center recently announced plans to construct its first residential tower ever at 3601 Market St., and has already broken ground at 3737 Market St. on an 11-story tower with

Last week, PIDC, the citywide economic development agency and master developer of The Navy Yard, and Mayor Nutter celebrated a big milestone for the region: 10,000 employees at The Navy Yard. PIDC also took this opportunity to release the anticipated Master Plan Update, planned by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, with

We've told you on several different occasions about Philadelphia 2035, an effort to divide the city into eighteen districts and pursue a comprehensive planning process for each. We're obviously development junkies and planning is certainly one of our realms of interest. But it's not for everyone, and the folks behind

As you're probably well aware, many Queen Village residents have the pleasure of basically living next door to I-95. As such, Queen Village Neighbors Association (QVNA) was granted the right to create a community parking lot several years ago under the highway at Front and Christian Streets, according to Jeff Hornstein, QVNA

Yesterday, we noted some long-vacant properties on the on the 1300 block of N. Carlisle St., just a few blocks from Temple's campus. Today, we look just a block and a half to the south, to revisit a project we first told you about last spring. At that time, we

The decay of various ornate churches dotted across Philadelphia has been a common discussion point among churchgoers and preservationists alike.  These physical manifestations of human excellence, aesthetics and ritual are being razed and/or sold to make room for single family homes designed with as much style as a politician's suit.

Such

Recently, we've been trying to drive home the point that Frankford Avenue is experiencing a resurgence, but still has an uncomfortable number of large vacant lots holding it back some. But as we told you last week, some of the larger lots are beginning to get filled in, like the

A down home sandwich-serving neighborhood lunch place is slated to open sometime in the next few months on the southern edge of Queen Village. The commercial space at 525 Washington Ave. has been a vanilla shell since the building was constructed over a year ago.

It will mean the introduction of a

It seems that every few weeks, we have a new development to tell you about in the neighborhood surrounding Temple University. Today, we have the opposite, a stark reminder of what several of these blocks looked like just a few years ago. The 1300 block of Carlisle St. is entirely