Last month, we told you about the early stages of the demolition of the Mount Olive AME church at 19th and Fitzwater Sts., in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood. In the last few days, the demolition has wrapped up, and heavy machinery on the site is now working to dig the

According to this week's ZBA docket, TU Ventures has a plan to build five buildings on five vacant lots on the 1900 block of N 7th St., between Berks and Norris. We've covered plenty of development of student housing in the neighborhoods surrounding Temple University, and just this week told

A major historic building in South Philly is long overdue for redevelopment, but will it happen anytime soon?

Mt. Sinai Hospital, on the 400 block of Reed Street, was once one of the biggest and busiest hospitals in Philadelphia, towering 146 feet above the Pennsport neighborhood. Completed in 1930, the tower was constructed to

A reader gave us the heads up that 1507 Dickinson St. was currently under construction. This home, located in the Newbold neighborhood, apparently caught fire since Google Maps took its street view photos.

The property was purchased by S&S Remodeling Inc back in April for $65K, and the developers are making

At yesterday's Philadelphia Planning Commission meeting, a representative from Cope Linder Architects presented information on a proposed development at 933 N Penn St., a site that sits right in between Sugarhouse Casino and the under-water Waterfront Square.

According to this presentation, developers are intending to build a twenty-story residential building with

South Street’s Theatre of the Living Arts (TLA) has been a mainstay on Philadelphia’s visual and performance art landscape since its founding in 1964.  Though the venue officially became Fillmore Philadelphia at the TLA in 2007, its longstanding moniker is still preferred by just about everybody.  The sentimentality is not misplaced given the building’s important role

We admit, we're not big Peco fans. Sure, they sell us the delicious electricity needed to run our air conditioners, refrigerators, and Playstations, but there's just something about sending that check each and every month that keeps us from feeling all warm and fuzzy. On the other hand, Peco has

A reader checked in, asking about the vacant building at 311 S. Broad St., directly across the street from the Kimmel Center. We were reminded that we wondered about that very building some ten years ago, around the time the Kimmel Center opened, thinking it would be a slam-dunk location

Several months ago, we gave you the heads up about a subdivided commercial building available for sale or rent at 1306-12 Frankford Ave., in Fishtown. The current owners, who purchased the building in 2005, renovated the building a few years ago, and were listing four 2,000 sqft commercial spaces for

Transit-oriented development. It’s got a ring to it, and in places like Sweden and Denmark it’s been happening for decades. It’s the kind of urban development that provides mixed-use buildings close to transit stations, and it's something that we've been only marginally successful with in Philadelphia over the years.

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