In neighborhoods going through a wave of redevelopment, you see all kinds of builders constructing all kinds of homes. You may have to wade through a torrent of Home Depot specials before finding the home that fulfills all your hopes and dreams. Likewise, you may run into a situation where

In May, we told you about two new homes on the way at 1232-34 E. Oxford St., in Fishtown. The two homes were replacing vacant lots on this narrow street, located just a block off of Girard Avenue. The builders for this project are Callahan Ward Oxford LLC, the same guys who

Over time, we've had several readers reach out, asking us about the large commercial/warehouse building that sits between 5th and 6th Streets, south of Fairmount Avenue and just north of one of the uglier shopping centers you'll ever see. From what we understand, defunct developer CREI had plans for a

On Market Street in University City, west of Drexel and beyond, the collegiate fueled capital development begins to fade as you move further west. The University City Science Center is one institution poised, at least theoretically, to improve Market Street between 34th and 39th Streets.

Their recent announcement of a new

We snuck up to grab a slice of Charlie Mayfer from Pizza Brain the other day, and a Frankford Avenue property we've passed by dozens of times caught our eye whilst on our way. Once we finished devouring the deliciousness, we trekked back to 1431-35 Frankford Ave. to take a

As we were sipping our first beer of the day at Saturday's Bloktoberfest and shortly before South Street business owners came to the realization that the water was out (temporarily), we spotted a new and exciting sign in a storefront window. It appears that South Street West has yet another

If you got to Bloktoberfest early on Saturday, you may have noticed a hint of panic among the South Street West merchants as they realized that the water had suddenly been shut off, without notice. Well, you also may have noticed a similar phenomenon if you live in most of

A reader checked in recently, asking about the apparently closed or remodeling Fine Wine and Good Spirits store on the 700 block of South Street. We've been to this store numerous times, as a good friend lived above the store maybe ten years back. Needless to say, he saw some

For seventeen years, Tuscany Cafe held down the fort on the southwest corner of W. Rittenhouse Sq. & Locust St., in the 222 Rittenhouse building. Located directly across the street from Rittenhouse Square, this cafe did tremendous business at all hours of the day, and also served as a convenient

While we were out taking photos among a long-awaited windy autumn day last week, we noticed L&I catching up on some blight around 42nd and Market in West Powelton. A neighboring resident said the location has been vacant more than a decade.

A notice declaring the owner of the single-family row home at 4219