With many old churches in Philly going the way of the dust, we were happy to hear that the former 26th Precinct Police Station in East Kensington is being preserved and renovated. It ain’t a church, but it is definitely both old and lovely. (Can we say lovely on this

It's somehow been over two weeks since we've mentioned the Spring Arts/West Poplar/Spring Garden neighborhood (call it whatever you wanna call it, we give up), and that just seems wrong, considering how much development is going on over there these days. As you may recall, we wrote about some new

Arthur Faber LLC purchased 922-26 N 17th St., three vacant lots between Cambridge St. and Girard Ave., for $157.5K about a year ago. The property owners went to zoning for a variance to turn the three lots into one, and construct a six-family home at this site. As you can

One thing happening with old crumbling Philly churches, whose stones once served as testaments to the eyes and ornaments of the West Philly skyline, is their use for emergency homeless shelters and community programs.

One example of this is the Christ Memorial Church, located at 4233 Chestnut St., where more than

A reader asked us about 100 Market St., the long vacant bar at the corner of Front and Market Sts. with the stellar old timey sign. The property is currently under construction.

As it turns out, this historic building has a fairly interesting recent history. Though it had been empty for

838-840 N. 20th St., at the northwest corner of 20th and Parrish Sts., are being developed into two homes by Dottie Properties, LLC. For years, these were overgrown corner lots.

According to the zoning application, the two houses being built will be single family homes with roofdecks. With all the action

This weekend, after a tasty brunch at Cantina Dos Segundos, we were meandering around the neighborhood, enjoying the disturbingly warm weather. We checked out an Open House on New Market St., noticed that work has apparently resumed at Poplar Point, and witnessed serious masonry work going on at the former

Back in August, Milkboy Coffee opened a new location at 1100 Chestnut St., replacing a beauty supply store and reinvigorating a corner property that looked terrible. Recently, the Pizzeria next door at 1102 Chestnut St. closed down, and the 1400 sqft space is currently available for rent.

This location has seen

Back in September, we mentioned a new construction project at 1235 N 31st. St. from Steph-Sin Development. In the past couple of months, things have progressed nicely, as you might have expected.

Framing is done, windows are in, and sheathing is up, so we'll be looking for some bricks in the

Last month, we covered the transformation of the 2100 block of Carpenter St. over the past decade. As blocks go in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood, it's one of the more impressive stories, with nearly thirty vacant lots turning into houses since 2004. Today, we bring the 700 block of S.