Washington Ave. bums us out.

A hundred years ago, it was a major thoroughfare for goods into and out of Philadelphia, with train tracks running down the middle and a train station at Broad and Washington. Coal yards, metal manufacturers, furniture manufacturers, breweries and publishers, among many other industries, called Washington

On Earth Day in 2003, UPenn became the nation’s largest nongovernmental purchaser of wind power when it doubled its annual purchase to 40 million kilowatt-hours (kWh). Since then, green innovations have become ever more prevalent in large-scale projects on the urban landscape, especially those involving large institutions.

We’ll take a moment

We love Tiffin. Whenever we're jonesing for Indian food, we make the hike to 710 W Girard Ave. to enjoy some of the best Philadelphia has to offer. Regrettably, our enthusiasm for delicious dinner is often tempered somewhat by the depressed blocks that surround the restaurant, with shuttered storefronts and

In West Philly, members of Cedar Park Neighbors (CPN) dream of a revitalized Baltimore Ave. bringing renewed energy into their entire community. A year of community discussion and a collaboration with the Community Design Collaborative (CDC) produced the 2010 Baltimore Avenue Corridor Community Design Study.

This plan synthesizes responses generated from

Over the weekend, we spotted three homes under construction at 2022-26 E Susquehanna Ave., perhaps a couple hundred yards from the El tracks over Front St. Even though the three are clearly being developed by one individual, it's not entirely obvious who is developing these formerly vacant lots, as all three

Over five years ago, Passyunk Pharmacy, formerly a Rite Aid, at 1804 E Passyunk Ave., closed its doors. As the years have passed, the space has been on the market, gotten a new facade, come off the market, gone back on the market, and come off the market again this

A reader emailed us last week about a new construction site at 2411 Christian St., across from the former W.S. Peirce School, vacant since 2007. While Christian St. in this neighborhood has numerous houses under construction at the moment, we haven't seen nearly as much redevelopment or new construction on

A few months back, we took a look at examples of bay windows in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood, one of the most actively developing areas in the city over the past decade or so. Stucco bay windows, often utilized and commonly criticized, are definitely prominent in this neighborhood, though we

We've passed by the Gretz Brewery at 1524 Germantown Ave. (basically at 4th and Oxford Sts.) many times over the years, admiring what remains of its glory, and lamenting its poor condition. This building, a link to Philadelphia's deep rooted brewing past, becomes more and more relevant as our brewing present continues

Back in September, we gave you the heads up about a project on the 600 block of Poplar St., with four large homes going up on the Northern Liberties border. At the time, the homes looked like this:

The homes, once complete, will feature elevators, underground parking, and roof decks. As