In Graduate Hospital

It was during our college days (back when the year began with a one and a nine) that we first started wondering about the dueling vacancies on the northeast and northwest corners of Broad & Washington. As the years have rolled off the calendar, various developers have come forward with

Ever since the building housing Ultimo went up on the northeast corner of 22nd & Catharine, we've been waiting for something to happen to the long-vacant building at the southeast corner. A couple years ago, we were cautiously optimistic that the property would get redeveloped into a mixed-use building, but

Change is coming to Washington Avenue, it's just a matter of when.Over the last several years, there have been a number of large mixed-use projects proposed for Washington Avenue west of Broad Street, but none have yet materialized. From what we know, 1601 Washington has been sitting in legal hell

It seems like the renovation of the former YWCA building at 1605 Catharine St. has been in the works forever. It was way back in the summer of 2011 that we first told you that the building was available for sale for $2.2M, discussing the opportunity presented by such a

The northwest corner of 20th & Carpenter has been through some serious changes in the last decade. Turning back the clock to 2007, the building at the corner was a vacant mess and 922 S. 20th St. next door was a bodega with a well-deserved reputation for drug dealing. Though some

The last decade has been rough for churches in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood. The Metropolitan AME church at 20th & Fitzwater was demolished and replaced by six townhomes. The Varick AME church at 19th & Catharine was deemed dangerous and demolished, and ten homes eventually rose in its place. At 19th

It's been a rough recent past for 778 S. 18th St., the building on the northwest corner of 18th & Catharine. The surrounding neighborhood has continued to improve, but as far as we can tell, the property has sat vacant for several years. It went to sheriff's sale five years

Every home or apartment has its little quirks. When we lived above an arcade, a powerful jukebox below taught us the bass lines to every popular song from 2001. When we lived immediately next door to a bar, we heard some amazing conversations through a thin bathroom wall. Then there

The CHOP project on Schuylkill Avenue is one of Philadelphia's largest institutional construction projects right now, and it's been steadily chugging along since our last visit roughly half a year ago. Back then, most of the activity was taking place at or below grade, and we honestly weren't sure exactly

We passed by 616-18 S. 18th St. dozens of times over the years but never really paid it any mind. Upon closer examination though, the building clearly didn't look like the others on the block, both in terms of architecture and materials. We use the past tense because of late,