Perhaps you’ve been on one of the many house tours through Philly neighborhoods. While others were admiring the details in grand Victorians and nooks and crannies of restored row homes, you were peering through the kitchen window to see if your neighbor’s cherry peppers were plumper than yours. Well then,

During the 1960s, Philadelphia saw a host of reclamation projects dedicated to transforming industrial decay into recreational space . . . which it would then, over the course of a few decades, allow to turn into recreational decay.  The oft-used but lackluster facilities at the Sacks Recreation Center & Playground are a perfect

We've brought the Royal Theater to your attention a couple of times in the past, most recently almost a year ago when we feared that the historic building could soon collapse. A brief history: the building was designed by Frank E. Hahn and constructed around 1919. Notably, the theater targeted an African

You may recall, we've been keeping you abreast of the efforts of the Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Corporation, revitalizing buildings on Passyunk Avenue ('natch). Back in March, we checked in on 1911 E Passyunk Ave., a property that was early in the stages of renovation at that point. This storefront had looked

Astro Vintage has closed its store at 720 S. 5th St. (just a little to the south of the recently shuttered John C Paul and Sons), taking its assortment of mid-century fashions online to Etsy.

The space won’t be empty long; coming in its place is something a little on the stranger

Back in May, we told you about the ongoing demolition of the former Mount Olive AME Church, located at the corner of 19th & Fitzwater. The developer, Michael Carosella, is the same guy who built six homes at 20th & Fitzwater after demolishing the Metropolitan AME Church that was previously located

Over a year ago, we told you about 325 S. 18th St., a nearly 5,000 sqft shell on the corner of 18th & Delancey. This building has been vacant for over a decade, and changed hands three times in the last few years for as little as $50K and as

Way back in January, we told you about 4006-10 Baring St., three triplexes plus a commercial space planned for a West Philly block that's seen a ton of new development in recent years. With most of that construction coming at the hands of developers Errol McAlinden and Gerard Regan, it was

Over the past several months, a number of readers have checked in with us, inquiring about 17-19 N 2nd St., a vacant building in Old City. We originally took note of this double-wide building over a decade ago, relatively soon after Synapse Cafe shut down in one of the commercial

A few months back, we told you about the early stages of 2213 Amber Street, two East Kensington homes designed by Atrium Design. We were in the area a couple of days ago, and snapped some construction update photos of the homes, one of which faces Amber Street, the other