Yesterday, we were driving through the neighborhood, and noticed that 4063 Spring Garden St. was being torn down. A block to the north of a number of student housing units on Baring St., this home sits at the end of a row of examples of truly gorgeous West Philadelphia architecture.

A reader tipped us off a few weeks ago about a zoning notice at 314 N 16th St., a small building and lot just south of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office and just west of an onramp to I-676.

The zoning request, which was granted in December, calls for automobile and

Last summer, we told you about a gorgeous structure, coined the M.G. Schweiker building, at Jefferson and Bailey Sts. in Brewerytown. At the time, the handsome edifice was on the market for $80K, which we deemed too high a price considering its location and poor condition. We hoped that the

On the western end of University City, the 5000 block of Baltimore Avenue is experiencing rapid change.

Here is where the immaculate pink, red, green and blue painted homes and tree-lined suburbanesque West Philly blocks begin to blend with some poorly maintained homes and vacant, blighted properties. There are at least six abandoned

When we last checked in on 2101 Christian St. in October, we witnessed progress in the thoughtful rehab of an old three story row home. Much has changed in the past six months.

This corner, which we can only imagine was commercial once upon a time, will soon resume commercial activity

A reader asked us whether we knew anything about the space at 326 Poplar St. that formerly housed Liberty Deli. The store, apparently located there since the 1980s according to this thread on Northernliberties.org, closed a few months ago.

Appreciated by neighbors for friendly service, tasty hoagies, and providing the necessities,

We got a hot tip from a reader that some elaborate masonry work was being done on a building on the 2700 block of Frankford Ave., just below Somerset Street. Literally on the other side of the tracks from Fishtown, this building, we believe, was once housed a telephone exchange,

A reader sent us an email, giving us the heads up about three homes currently under construction within a few blocks of each other on the western side of Bella Vista.

609 S. 11th St. was a one story apartment, in the middle of a block full of two and three

West-Philly born astronaut Guion Bluford, Joe Frazier, Will Smith, and dancer Judith Jamison are part of a new mural scheduled to be painted at SEPTA’s 46th Street Market-El Station in May. The mural will be part of the "Elebration" of the completion to the almost decade-long Market-El rehab project that began in 2000.

The celebrities

A reader tipped us off that a house we covered back in the fall was nearing completion at 1116 S. 19th St., just a half a block south of Washington Avenue. Take a look at the progress here over time.

This new home has a unique look for the neighborhood, and