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

Yesterday, we noticed that fences have gone up around the nearly one-hundred year old Bob Morris building at 17th and Arch Sts. Purchased for $6.5M in 2004 by 1701 Partners LP, the building's interior was demoed in 2007 in anticipation of a new Kimpton Hotel leasing the building. In the

During the last building boom in Philadelphia, many proposals came down the pike but never happened. This is nothing new. Philadelphia, like many other cities, has seen countless potential projects stall and die over the years. Here's a look at some projects that never happened, most of which never

NewMarket Mall, opened in 1975 and pretty much in trouble ever since, has been a concrete wasteland in the heart of Society Hill since 2002.

Since NewMarket's immediate flop in the mid-seventies, several developers and investors have come onto the scene to try to find success at this site. Almost twenty