Two days ago, a large warehouse at 2nd & Wharton burned, and the big story was that a Mummers group using the building for storage may have lost their New Years props. Yesterday, members of the Fralinger String Band were relieved to learn that most of their equipment was saved

1507 and 1515 Catharine Street have been blighted and vacant for years, according to our memory. They were acquired by Universal Companies back in 2004 along with numerous other properties in the neighborhood, and sat undeveloped and rotting for years under Universal's stewardship. Though Universal pulled permits for alterations to

The properties overlooking Washington Square in Philadelphia have always been among the more coveted in the city. In the mid-19th century, the sunlit green-space was largely encircled by private homes.  This was the case for the stretch running north between Locust and St. James Streets on the park’s west side.  Hexamer & Locher’s 1858 Philadelphia

The City is selling two large long-time vacant overgrown lots just about underneath I-95 at Front and Wildey Streets through Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC). The deadline to submit an RFP is February 8.

The two lots, 1049-69 N. Front St. and 1101-19 N. Front St. total just shy of

We were in the area yesterday checking out the terrible fire at 2nd & Wharton, and were on our way back across town, and noticed two homes apparently under construction in Queen Village. 919-23 S. 3rd St. includes two buildings and a vacant lot, all of which have been poorly maintained

Less than a week ago, we told you about the sudden end for the Forum Theater and Les Gals, two vestiges of a bygone era of when people actually used to leave their homes for their smut. At the time, we wondered whether these shutdowns near 22nd & Market were

Nine single-family homes are slated to replace a warehouse that still has to be demolished at 6th and Fairmount Ave. Final designs will need to be tweaked and reviewed by members of the Northern Liberties Neighborhood Association (NLNA) who supported the project during a return visit from 626 North Fifth Partners, a

About a month ago, grocery-loving residents of the greater Center City area were abuzz with the news that a new, enormous Whole Foods would be opening at the Best Western site at 22nd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, replacing the store's too-small Callowhill location. Coming in 2017, the new market will

Minor cleanup work has started inside the former Croydon Apartments located at 49th and Locust, according to Matt Barrabee of Orens Brothers. Orens Brothers is the developer poised to renovate the long vacant building once known as a squatter’s paradise into 127 one, two, and three-bedroom apartments.

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Back in June, we told you about a project planned for 731 N. 20th St., a little home built as part of a PHA homeownership program a few decades back, that was to involve the home's demolition and replacement with a quadplex. One possible hiccup that we brought up at