Last week, we told you about four vacant buildings on the 1500 block of Ridge Ave. that had recently received Doors & Windows violations notices. Today, we bring another such property to your attention, this time closer to Girard Ave.

1800-08 Ridge Ave. is a beautiful hulk of a building, with

Over the summer, we told you about a proposed seven home development on Crease Street in Fishtown, which was modified from a ten home project that was proposed last spring. We were in the neighborhood the other day and noticed that quite a bit of progress has occurred since we

If you read Naked Philly with any regularity, you know we talk up South Street West all the time. This commercial stretch has seen impressive growth in the last couple of years, with new stores, restaurants, and bars popping up like crazy. Bloktoberfest, a block party stretching from Broad Street

According to Men’s Fitness Magazine, Philadelphia is the 14th most obese city in America.  Hah!  Take that Indianapolis (13th)!  Granted, there are still hundreds of other metropolitan areas where people have an easier time shimmying through turnstiles than we do.  But before you go blaming the cheesesteak, consult an open letter written in 1860,

We were in the area today, and spotted a hole in the ground, across the street from one of the G8-Life homes on Amber Street in East Kensington.

2074 E. York St. was purchased by 2074 E. York Lp (clever name) earlier this year for just under $45K. According to zoning

Numerous readers have asked us about 1600-02 South St., oddly vacant lots on South Street West. Sure, there are a handful of vacant lots on this stretch, but with the rapid redevelopment that's happened here in recent years, most are on their way to development in the near future. These

We were in the neighborhood yesterday, and spotted two construction sites while heading down 17th Street, between Federal and Wharton. This block has seen quite a bit of construction in the past year, with affordable housing units going up on 17th Street near Manton, on the end of the 1600

You may remember, earlier this year we told you about Norris Apartments, a new PHA development near Temple University that had numerous green features. Today, we bring you Paschall Homes, a green PHA development that was completed about a year ago.

Norris Apartments are LEED certified, with materials and design driving

A few weeks ago, we told you about the impending closing of the Roxy Theater at the 2023 Sansom St., on one of our favorite blocks in town. At the time, we lamented that the cinema's closing would mark the end of a slow death spiral for mainstream, first run movies

The Drexel Master Plan 2012-2017 was presented to its board of trustees last February. It applies the school’s Strategic Plan vision into a larger four principled master plan, with a scope for action: distinguish Drexel’s campus as a vibrant urban university district, bring the campus to the street, draw the community together around