When considering the Broad & Girard intersection and its surroundings, we'd say it's best described as being under-utilized, but laden with potential. Low-rise, uninspired architecture has filled most of the area for years, but things are changing at an incredible pace. Last summer, we reported that the CVS at 922-36

The George L. Wells Meat Co. has held down the corner where Delaware Ave. hits Frankford and Laurel for years, but the long operating business will soon be getting a new neighbor to the south. 918-80 N. Delaware Ave. is a huge parcel that sits next to Wells, right near

The parcel at 500 S. Broad St. encompasses most of the block between S. Broad, 15th, Lombard & South Streets, save for a few row homes at the northwest corner. This block is best known as home to the a large surface parking lot, the former World Communications Charter School,

Old City has been a hub of activity for the restaurant supply business for the last century, but not so much anymore. Back in 2017, the neighborhood's two remaining restaurant suppliers - Economy and Swift - had put their buildings up for sale. The building on the southeast corner of

For as long as we can remember, traveling on Washington Avenue has been like the wild west. Cars parked in the median, commercial deliveries double parking seemingly every other block, with cars speeding through intersections in hopes of catching the light. Washington Avenue isn't safe for drivers, pedestrians, or cyclists,

Barna Printing operated at 2911 Tasker St. starting in 1973, specializing in letterpress printing in a time that printing anything at all required some level of special equipment. Over the last fifty years, the printing business has changed dramatically (like most businesses, now that we think about it), and the

Over the last several months, we have gotten very, very familiar with Germantown Ave., from Northern Liberties all the way to Chestnut Hill. We have found ourselves especially busy on the east side of Germantown, where a couple of projects have recently caught our eye. It appears we might have

Roughly a thousand years ago, we first told you about one of our least favorite architectural eyesores in the city. The former Liberty Shopping Plaza at the northwest corner of 5th & Spring Garden was about as appealing as a pile of cinderblocks. Now that we think about it, the

Philadelphia is known for its history (duh) and is currently the nation's only UNESCO World Heritage City. But did you know that Roxborough and Ridge Ave. go allllll the way back to before city's founding and that the neighborhood was recently designated a historic district? We typically think of Old

Aramingo Avenue is not known as one of Fishtown's quaint thoroughfares, as this auto-focused stretch features numerous strip mall-type properties, with a dash of I-95 thrown in for good measure. Aramingo is this way for a good reason - much of this stretch was once home to heavy industrial businesses,