Aya's Cafe was a Mediterranean and Middle-Eastern BYOB which operated out of a one-story building in the middle of the 2100 block of Arch Street for many years. Unfortunately, and we'd guess due to the challenges of the pandemic, Aya's closed its doors in the last couple years. And while

Wayne Junction has been undergoing a transformation on the east side of Germantown, near the regional rail station. And just steps from Germantown Ave. comes 113-29 Berkley St., right around the corner from the Frank Furness-designed Wayne Junction Station, which was designated as part of a historic district in 2018.

109-115 S. 24th St. finds itself tucked away in a curious nook in the Rittenhouse neighborhood. While sitting in close proximity to some of the poshest areas in town, this little section maintains a bit of its grittier past, with the Furness-designed Baltimore & Ohio Rail Station built in 1888

5700-04 Germantown Ave. has had a long and interesting life at a major crossroads within Germantown’s main commercial strip. With a few recent L&I violations to pair with the graffiti and broken gates, this building that was most recently a Villa Shoe Store has certainly seen better days. But we

Having an Ivy League institution in your backyard can add a fun twist in the world of real estate, and the University of Pennsylvania is certainly no exception. With an endowment currently exceeding $20B, they have a few bucks to spend here and there and they aren’t bashful towards building

We've seen a trend of Flatiron-style buildings popping up in the last couple years, with a project now complete in Queen Village and another currently under construction in Fishtown. As is the case with the actual Flatiron building, these buildings have unique wedge-shaped designs thanks to diagonal streets that slice

The long-vacant lot at that runs southeast from the intersection of Reed Street and Christopher Columbus Blvd. has had a pretty wild life, at least as far as long-vacant lots go. Historically, this enormous property was used for a variety of industrial purposes, with a sugar refinery and a train

Spring Garden Street east of Broad is undergoing quite the renaissance, thanks in part to the Rail Park to the south and numerous projects various sizes changing the face of West Poplar to the north. With Union Transfer and PhilaMoca just steps apart, restaurants and breweries within a few minutes

Please ignore the title of this blog post and its location tag for a minute, if you don't mind. We're going to show you a photo of a building and we're going to ask you to guess the neighborhood where it's located. And just to be clear, we're talking about

East Kensington has seen an avalanche of development lately, and to say the area has transformed would be a bit of an understatement. We remember visiting Urban Axes several years ago and it's safe to say that there wasn’t quite as much going on back then, unless you're a fan