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.

Readers have noted in our comments

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

Over the summer, we brought a long-delayed project at 114-120 E Girard Ave. to your attention, noting that work had finally begun at the site after nearly five years of delays. Today, we bring you a little status update, revealing that work is moving along here as the months have gone

Last September, we told you about unclear plans for 1500 Sansom Street, formerly home of Roy's Restaurant. We were in the area the other day, and realized that absolutely nothing has happened at this site (at least on the outside) in the last fifteen months.

The bricks below the windows were torn

The other day, we told you about the residential conversion that's planned for the church on the northwest corner of 27th & Girard. While we were up there snapping photos, we were reminded of the presence of a huge vacant lot, located kitty corner to the soon-to-be-renovated church.

We've (clearly) noticed

Over a year ago, we first told you about plans from Bright Hope Baptist Church and the Goldenberg Group to build a large mixed-use development on the 4.6 acre site of the former Wanamaker School at 11th and Cecil B. Moore. At the time, it was understood that the project would move forward in