In Graduate Hospital

A vacant lot at Broad & Fitzwater has had some ups and downs in the last couple of years. In early 2013, we told you that the folks who built the Artisan Homes on Bainbridge Street would be developing the parcel, building eight huge homes that would be listed at

Though the Graduate Hospital neighborhood around it has changed dramatically over the years, Robert's Twi-Lite Lounge at 20th & Bainbridge has remained more or less the same. The bar doesn't look like much from the outside, but it's a pretty solid neighborhood dive bar. And as far as we know

Fifteen years ago, the Graduate Hospital neighborhood was home to over a thousand vacant properties. In the years since, all but a small handful have been renovated by developers or simply demolished and replaced by new construction. It was a little less than a year ago that we brought one of

Back in 2007, Beauty Shop Cafe opened its doors on the northwest corner of 20th & Fitzwater. The cafe, which took over a space previously occupied by a beauty shop ('natch), became a neighborhood hangout over its six years, and had front row seats as a hundred year old church

The other week, we passed by Carpenter Square on 17th Street just south of Carpenter, and saw some work happening that piqued our interest. This project, in case you don't remember, has meant the construction of eleven new homes on a long vacant lot. A second phase, with a mixed-use

The Royal Theater was built almost a hundred years ago at 1524 South St. and in its heyday was a center for African American culture in Philadelphia. Since 1970 though, it's been vacant and slowly wasting away. Plans have come and gone over the years to bring the theater back

For years, Springfield Beer Distributor was a beacon of hope for beer lovers, sitting conveniently under the South Street bridge and willing to deliver the kegs to your door. A shiver went through the neighborhood a few years back when people learned that CHOP would be building a large facility

Chadwick Street between Catharine and Fitzwater has been a constant construction zone for five plus years. It's not so long ago that this block was pretty much desolate, with vacant lots outnumbering homes by a healthy margin. A couple of multi-home and one-off projects later, the block is all filled

Last month, we checked in on Sanctuary Lofts, the conversion of the former Greater Saint Matthew Baptist Church into apartments by Barzilay Development. While some neighbors were concerned when 38-unit project at Grays Ferry & Fitzwater was originally proposed due to a lack of parking, we were pleased as punch to see an old church in

If you've even found yourself on the 1600 block of Christian Street, especially at night, you've surely noticed 1631, 1635, and 1637 Christian St., opulent visions of redevelopment in a neighborhood that's had more than its fair share. The fact that this section of the block was pretty much bombed