Demolition of old churches has been a rather common theme during Philadelphia's unprecedented wave of redevelopment over the last twenty years or so. The mechanics of this make all the sense in the world. As neighborhoods change, the congregations that counted near neighbors as regular worshipers see their membership dwindle

A unique building stands at the northwest corner of 7th & Snyder, and it possesses some fascinating history. We detailed this history at length back in 2014, so here's a quick summary. A church was constructed at this corner in the late 19th century, and the building was converted into

Two new projects will soon change the corner of 7th & Cecil B Moore in a dramatic fashion, and these projects will take very different forms. This location is on the edge of South Kensington, in an area that's full of PHA homes and vacant land. But as South Kensington

Before people walked around with supercomputers in their pockets, before television offered us unlimited channels or even a handful of channels, people learned about what was going on in the world almost exclusively through newspapers. The newspaper business was a great business to be in back in the 1800s and

Surely you've heard the idiom 'money in the bank,' used to express a level of certainty about a thing occurring. Maybe you've also heard it to describe a wrestling pay purview event, but we digress. The idiom relates to the fact that putting money in the bank is a secure

Over the years, we've pointed out countless properties in Philadelphia that needed to get zoning variances in order to pursue reasonable redevelopment, due to inappropriate and/or outdated zoning maps. We've lamented the number of commercial corridors whose properties are zoned CMX-2, which requires ground-floor commercial but only permits two stories

The Northbank project is located at 2001 Beach St., and as we've told you before, it's one of the largest private residential developments in Philadelphia history. The property covers roughly 30 acres of Delaware waterfront, and though it's technically located inside of Fishtown's neighborhood boundaries, its size and location on

We admit it, we called this one all wrong. Over the summer, we shared the news that 526 S. Front St. would soon be demoed and we were bummed. This building had been home to Downey's Pub from the 1970s through 2016, slowly expanding over the years and eventually operating

The building at the northeast corner of Broad & Pine rises three stories, with the ground floor space that was used for years as a Starbucks and the a small parking garage on the upper floors. While parking garages are certainly a need for Center City, this still qualifies as

Penn's Landing technically runs from Washington Avenue to Spring Garden Street, representing approximately two miles of Delaware waterfront through the heart of downtown Philadelphia. This is some of the most prime real estate in our fair city, and yet it has been beset by controversy, probably since well before you