We've brought a couple of projects to your attention from the people at  Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Corporation in the past. Most recently, we gave you heads up about a property across from the singing fountain that's still in the process of being redone. Previously, we pointed out a couple of other PARC-driven

A 15-unit mixed income development in Norris Square on the site of the former St. Boniface Church at Diamond and Hancock Sts., demolished last year, is the center in a vortex of heated debate between local residents and Councilwoman Maria Quiñones Sanchez.

Now that the City Planning Commission voted 5-2 last month to approve Sanchez’s recently drafted

Architecturally, Northern Liberties has it all. On the same block, you can find ultra-contemporary new construction, a former factory that's been converted into loft apartments, and traditional Philadelphia row homes. Throughout the neighborhood, you can probably find everything in between.

And while we here at Naked Philly are often all about

Thanks in part to a $2.75M redevelopment assistance grant from Governor Corbett, it seems that Mantua will be getting a new supermarket in the next couple of years. Termed "Westview Plaza" by development partner Aquinas Realty Partners, this project has the potential to transform a depressed section of a neighborhood

A reader who knows what we like checked in and gave us the heads up about a new residential development on the way in Pennsport, near numerous other homes that have gone up in the past several years. South of Washington Ave., between Front and 2nd Sts., a few dozen

Tons of compost are on the way in West Philly. We mean this literally, thanks to a new composting project soon to be initiated by who else but the folks at University City District (UCD).  They’ve got so many good ideas about creating viable, sustainable communities (to check for yourself click here and follow the links),

We were in the neighborhood today, skulking around the less-traveled streets, and stumbled upon these two homes, currently under construction in Northern Liberties. Located at 924-26 N Leithgow St., these new homes are immediately adjacent to the Seedy Acres Community Garden.

These homes sit on 18'x43' lots which were each purchased

The site of the Palumbo Recreation Center is the first example of what will be a recurring theme for the Delorean Time Machine: places where Philadelphians used to be buried.  Today, Palumbo’s sprawling fields, baseball diamond, playground and basketball courts occupy the full block between Bainbridge, Fitzwater and 9th, and 10th Streets.

However,

In January, we wondered about vacant commercial space in the White Building at 12th and Sansom Sts., and speculated about businesses that would replace the shuttered T-Bar and Dada Rug and Art Gallery. Last month, two new businesses filled that void.

JAR BAR has replaced the rug and art gallery, and

A reader asked us about an odd, brown shed on the 1200 block of Fitzwater St., a building we've thought about ourselves from time to time over the years. It sits on the same parcel as the Hawthorne Lofts, the 54-unit condo building developed by the Rufo Company. This Hawthorne