In Graduate Hospital

A couple of months ago, we broke the news that the long-awaited Carpenter Square project at 17th & Carpenter had finally broken ground. We were in the area the other day and noticed that the project is chugging along. Foundations seem to have been poured for all of the homes,

Last summer, we told you all about a new playground getting built at Chester A. Arthur elementary school at 20th & Catharine. This project was driven by members of Friends of Chester Arthur (FoCA), a non-profit group that partners with teachers and school administrators to help make Arthur the best school it can possibly be,

When we last checked in on the corner of 20th & Kimball back at the end of November, a large warehouse had recently been demolished, leaving an empty lot in its stead. We had originally brought this property to your attention last summer, detailing plans from developer Roman Mosheyev to

A couple of months ago, 2146 Catharine St. was momentarily on the monthly SOSNA zoning agenda, only to be crossed off in advance of the meeting. The agenda referenced a new mixed-use structure, which would replace the rough-looking building we see today.

The large building covers a relatively large lot at this

A reader gave us the heads up over the weekend that 770 S. 16th St. was being demolished. This intersection has been in the news lately for the planned conversion of the former YWCA building on the 1600 block of Catharine into 28 residential units with parking in the rear.

It's true that South Broad Street has come a long way in the last couple of decades, but once you get south of Bainbridge Street it's pretty slim pickings. Sure, 777 South Broad has been a huge success from a residential standpoint, but it's taken years to get all the

A couple of readers have checked in over the last couple of weeks, giving us the heads up that some construction activity is taking place at 731 S. 22nd St., in a long-dormant commercial space. The last tenant in this space was a shop named Flower Ring, which we don't

For the past couple of years, 2223 Grays Ferry Ave. has been a vacant storefront, available for rent. It seemed curious to us that this commercial space was empty for so long, considering the dynamic growth of South Street West during that time. And with the constant flow of people

Development in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood has reached such a fevered pitch that even the smallest lots have become attractive to developers. Take three lots on the 2100 block of Kimball Street, presented to the SOSNA Zoning Committee a couple of weeks ago: each one 18' wide by 30' deep,

Two months back, we brought it to your attention that the former check cashing place at 2200 Saint Albans St. was getting renovated after over a year of vacancy. We lamented the fact that the former commercial space would be lost in favor of an additional residential unit, but were