Along Front Street between Spring Garden Street and Girard Avenue, there's plenty of open space, and many vacant sites and overgrown lots. Considering the look of the surrounding neighborhoods, this area sticks out like a sore thumb.

Slowly, the parcels around Front Street are being developed. At Front & Brown, the Penn

Philadelphia has given birth to musical acts as diverse and celebrated as Will Smith, Jim Croce and Joey Lawrence.  So it should come as no surprise that our city’s musical heritage is a rich one.  According to the National Park Service, the building currently located at 808 Locust St. was at one time among the

Last week, the Cambridge opened its doors at 1508 South St., the former home of the sometimes excellent but always kind of gross Tritone. We were able to make an appearance at the new spot's opening night, and were impressed by the total transformation of the space. We were also

Something we’ve started to notice when we research abandoned, deteriorating properties, or sites where years old zoning notices hang beaten and weathered, is that there tend to be property tax issues. Similar to the owners of this overgrown Brewerytown lot that we told you about last week, the owners of 1101-1103 Frankford

Last week, we wrote about the surprising vacant lot next to Pat's Steaks, and in response, a reader checked in with some questions about another nearby lot. If it's been a little while since you've been to Cheesesteak Row, you probably remember the southwest corner of Passyunk & Wharton looking

With Brandywine Realty Trust unloading their entire Exton portfolio in late July in a move that resulted in a gain of $9.9M, the group now has a bit more capital to undertake the construction of a mixed-use retail and residential development at 1919 Market St. next to the Blue Cross Blue Shield building.

The transformation of East Passyunk Avenue over the past decade has been well documented, with numerous new businesses of all shapes and sizes coming to the Avenue. At the very southern end of the Avenue, however, at 1934 E Passyunk Ave., Colombo's looms as one of the properties that has

At the end of last month, Pennsport celebrated the reopening of Dickinson Square Park, which had been closed off all year while undergoing renovations. With a budget of $1.2M, thanks to contributions from the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the City, the department of Parks and Recreation department,

We saw a guy working on a red stucco building on the southeast corner of 2nd & Master the other day, and figured there may be something going on at this location in the near future. Looking more closely, we noticed a couple of building permits posted on one of

A handsome building that, until this summer, was home to the Annunciation B.V.M. School, is on the market. We've known that the school was closing for months, but only noticed the sign on the building last week.

The building is located at 1150 Wharton St., and is listed for a cool $3.1M,