Last spring, developers presented plans to the SOSNA Zoning Committee to partially demolish two homes on the 2100 block of Saint Albans Street which had previously been rental units. After a little back and forth, they received zoning approval and recently began construction at the site. Currently, 2109-11 Saint Albans

Like any good Philadelphian, we love Sarcone's. We love the tomato pie, the cookies, and the seeded rolls at the bakery. And we love the enormous and delicious hoagies offered at the deli that's just a few doors to the north of the bakery.

You may recall, a few years ago,

The apple, it seems, was tempting, but not tempting enough. Now, the building is for sale, and the apple could end up falling very far from the tree.

After receiving strong community support, as well as some opposition (perhaps a one-man show style opposition, according to this City Paper story), developers from Iron-Stone got zoning approval back

While battening down the hatches and as the hunkering down has begun, we decided to poke around on the zoning dockets for the end of this month, and came upon a biggie. Last week, a developer presented a project to the ZBA at 810 Arch St., which has been a

So...

Hurricane Sandy.

If you've turned on a television, radio, or computer, or picked up a newspaper over the past several days, perhaps you've heard that this massive "frankenstorm" is poised to batter our fair city for the next couple of days. Walking around late last night felt like a normal breezy

A reader shot us an email last week, wondering about 431 E Girard Ave., a commercial space a few doors down from a branch of Bank of America that at least one neighbor could do without.

According to this individual, he's passed by a couple of times in recent weeks and

In the Spring, we noticed that the long awaited and then curtailed Stable Flats project, located on the 200 block of George Street, was finally underway. We spotted numerous Superior Wall foundations being installed. signaling the implementation of the first phase of this rather significant project.

If you recall, the foundations were

It seems L&I has been busy lately in Francisville. We’ve seen hot pink L&I notices posted on several vacant beat-up properties in the past few weeks, but none more than in this up and coming neighborhood.

This time we spotted one on the front door of 1818 W. Girard Avenue. Posted October 10th, it demands that

A reader gave us the heads up that site work had begun at 1214-20 Crease St., just down the street from a progressing seven-home development that we've already told you about a couple of times. The new project is replacing a rather large, long vacant lot that we imagine once

We stopped by Bainbridge Street Barrel House the other day and had a quick chat with the owner of the business, who tells us that they should be up and running right after Halloween. In talking with the General Contractor, we learned that they've passed inspection and are just putting