We were making our way through South Kensington the other day and noticed some new foundations that have been in store for a few years. In fact, it was over three years ago that we first told you that 428 W. Master St. would be redeveloped, replacing a community garden called La

The 4200 block of Chestnut Street always felt to us like a sleepier West Philly block, home to a mix of older three-story apartment buildings, small businesses, office space, and the massive and gorgeous Christ Memorial Reformed Episcopal Church on the western end of the street. But let's get real - the edge of

Considering its industrial history, South Kensington has numerous white elephants, though the former Gretz Brewery at 1524 Germantown Ave. might be the most obvious. We first wrote about this crumbling collection of industrial buildings back in 2012, sharing some history about the brewery that once occupied the property and wondering about its future.

At the corner of Conarroe Street and Manayunk Avenue sits a building that obviously has some history to it, even if we can't find any old pictures. This edifice, located at 344 Conarroe St., was originally built in 1928 as the Jeffries Theatre. While it certainly isn't as architecturally impressive

The 1400 block of Callowhill is about to level up, just a few years after undergoing an initial and significant change. For decades, this block was dramatically underdeveloped, home to a mere three buildings and an ocean of surface parking. In 2016, Parkway Corporation and the Hanover Company partnered to build a pair of

Perhaps you've noticed 173 W. Berks St. at some point over the years and wondered about its history. From the looks of the building, it's clear it was constructed at some point in the 1800s, when Kensington was a manufacturing hub known as the Workshop of the World. There are

Do you want to be a real estate developer? Have you got an appetite for vacant land on Grays Ferry Avenue? Do you dream about owning a property that's immediately next door to a meat wholesaler? Buddy, have we got the property for you. Consider, if you will, 2701 Ellsworth

Roughly three years ago, we told you that developers had purchased 1009 S. 3rd St., which had been home to Love Kingdom Fellowship Church for a few years, and before that the Nazareth Baptist Church for a few decades. The building was constructed, we believe, in the early 1980s, and was designed by Harold Wagoner,

We've covered 943 Washington Ave. a couple times in the past, wondering if and when this underused property might level up. Back in 2013, we discussed the history of the buildings at this site, sharing that they had been constructed by a coal company in the early 20th century before

Old City is one of the most prominent historic districts in Philadelphia- after all, it has 'old' in the name of the neighborhood! A swath of the neighborhood was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, likely in anticipation of the Bicentennial. As we mentioned just the other day,