The busy intersection of 10th and South Sts. currently houses a Superfresh, a Whole Foods, a florist, and a residential building with a couple of apartments. Change is coming to the residential building, on the southeast corner.

OCF Realty, currently located at 21st and South Sts., is opening a 2nd office

In July, it was announced that the US Postal Service was evaluating the closing of almost 4,000 of the nation's post offices due to budgetary issues. USPS says it's their attempt at "right-sizing its expansive retail network" and perhaps it's necessary to help right the ship over there. Unfortunately, one

The former Calvary Baptist Church at 655 N. 16th St. is being converted into ten residential units by Loonstyn Bros. LLC. If that name sounds familiar, it's because the developer is the brother of Bill Loonstyn Jr. of Loonstyn Properties, who is also doing significant development in Fairmount at this

Next to the Philadelphia Nursing Home at 2100 W Girard Ave. are two buildings that look somewhat similar but are in drastically different states. One building houses the offices for Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention for the City of Philadelphia. The other has trees growing out of it.

According to folks at

Last week, the owners of this property presented to the ZBA, requesting a variance to build an addition to the building, and to construct three apartments and an interior parking space. From what we understand, neighborhood groups Newbold Neighbors and South Broad St. Neighbors Association opposed this project, writing a

After thirty-one years in business at 306 S. 16th St., Warsaw Cafe closed its doors earlier this year. Its former home is currently on the market for about $2.2M, which includes the restaurant along with a store and four apartments at 1602 Spruce St. While most of us are certainly

As the Phillies once considered locations outside the South Philly Sports Complex for Citizens Bank Park, Veterans Stadium was at one point proposed at a West Philly location. That looks like 30th St. Station to the south of the stadium. Makes you wonder how things would be different today

Last night, at the Bella Vista Town Watch Zoning Meeting, representatives from South Realty LLC presented a plan to demolish the existing structure and build new buildings at 640-42 South St. The project includes the rear section of the lot, which is currently off-street parking on Kater St.

The developers are

This 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom house has about 2000 sqft. of living space and garage parking. On the first floor is the garage, a powder room, and a family room with a fireplace. The second floor features a living room with access to the rear yard, a dining room, and

Immediately next door to Vientiane Cafe, on the 4700 block of Baltimore, sits a super-wide vacant lot that seems pretty well maintained. With Vientiane, Dahlak, Vietnam Cafe, and Mariposa all thriving on this block, it seems a little odd that this well-located and sizable lot would sit vacant. So... we