Over the past few months, we've told you a couple of times about the the conversion of the former Calvary Church at 16th & Fairmount to ten condo units by Loonstyn Bros. LLC. This impressive adaptive reuse of an old church gives us hope that some other endangered church buildings might be saved, preserving

Last month, we stood around and witnessed the delivery and installation of the modular pieces for North 28, an important Brewerytown residential development. When we were over there, some of the components had already been assembled, and some were still sitting on trucks. What a difference a month makes.

Obviously, it will

Last summer, we wondered what business would someday replace the closed down Savoy Market on the northern side of 1801 Spruce St., and our attention was again drawn to this building a couple of weeks ago when we noticed some ongoing facade work.

A PNC ATM and the creatively named Cleaners have been a

Our coverage of Francisville has dropped off somewhat in the past few months (give us a break, winter's kind of slow!), but things are still moving along in this up-and-coming neighborhood. Three projects are ongoing on the 800 block of 15th St., vastly improving a block that clearly needed (and

One way to get out of a failing business is to slip out in the middle of the night without telling the landlord.

That is how the tenant who planned to open a bicycle repair shop in the tiny space at 25th and Aspen Sts., across from toddler Lemon Hill in Fairmount, left his

Half a dozen readers have frantically emailed us this week, asking about the brand new "For Rent" signs adorning the building on the northwest corner of 21st and South Sts., long promised to be the home of a second location for the wildly successful brunch spot, Honey's Sit 'n Eat.

Well, we're

A couple of readers have asked us about 420-42 Fairmount Ave., a huge warehouse that stretches all the way to Wallace St. This place is as ugly as it is large.

Though you might not guess this if you just drive by, this building is currently in use. Trans Atlantic Company,

According to the agenda for next week's CCRA zoning meeting, an eleven home development is in the works at 1803-29 Lombard St., currently a surface parking lot.

A couple of meetings have already taken place regarding "Lombard Estates," and we've got the scoop thanks to a couple of insider sources. Noah

A reader tipped us off about some new construction on the 100 block of Pierce St., and we discovered two other noteworthy subjects when we trekked down there.

There's a zoning application at 150 Pierce St. that indicates plans for a new single family home that's replacing a two story building that

Back in October, we told you about ongoing demolition of five inhabitable row homes at 812-20 S 15th St. and hilariously speculated on the future for this site. Much to the chagrin of a couple of commenters.

After last week's SOSNA zoning meeting, we seem to have a little egg on our