A few months ago, we reported on a much-needed mural coming to the side of a vacant building in Queen Village. That art project got underway last week, and the butterfly-themed painting will have lots of little eyes on it if/when a planned daycare opens next door.

The former Verte Couture

Palmer Park, a little green space on Frankford Ave. in Fishtown, is getting several new neighbors in the very near future. Considering the idyllic setting (and the relatively close proximity to the new and tasty Pizza Brain), we might just move there ourselves.

On the park's northeast corner, 536 E Palmer

Plans seem to be moving ahead for 1441 Chestnut St., once slated to be a $420M Waldorf-Astoria before national and local real estate markets collapsed in 2008, fainting like depleted runners low on nutrients and water. New developers appeared before the Center City Residents Association at its August 28 zoning meeting, and

We were in the area the other day, and noticed that the new pedestrian plaza at 42nd St. and Woodland Ave., which we told you about last month, is nearly complete. As you can see from the photos, this effort has taken a somewhat silly little stretch of city street,

A reader recently wrote in, asking about the vacant building at 1355 N Front St., across the street from El Bar. On the side of this mystery building, an old stone sign reads 'W.M. Mulherin's Sons.'

This property went on the market back in March, and Hidden City took a tour at

According to the zoning notice on the front window, developers intend to demolish 837 N Lawrence St. and replace it with a single family home. The property is next door to several other homes that were likely built at the same time a hundred years ago, and a new home

The other day, we were walking up 21st Street and noticed the darndest thing: The pit at 21st & Bainbridge, caused by the dramatic water main break back in July, has finally been (mostly) filled in! While the street hasn't been repaved and there's still some work to be done,

In West Philadelphia’s Mantua neighborhood, we've covered a smattering of new construction projects over the past year or so. Despite the fact that some development is taking place in the neighborhood, more than 44 percent of its residents are classified as living in poverty, according to a 2010 HUD Choice Neighborhood Initiative (CNI)

We were in the neighborhood the other day, sniffing out a lead, when we stumbled onto the backside of a project at 1120 N. 3rd Street. You may recall, we've mentioned this project a couple of times; three homes are replacing an old HVAC contractor's office, with two homes fronting

In today's Daily News, Natalie Pompilio tells the story of 1138-42 S. 20th St., a 1500 sqft lot that was originally acquired by the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority in 1976. The lot has been vacant, so far as we can figure, since at least 1992. In the early 2000s, the City