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Earlier this year, we told you about a proposed development on the northeast corner of 19th and Fitzwater Sts., where the building occupied by the Mt. Olive AME Church has stood for over a century. As we told you at the time, the developer who recently purchased the church proposed

A reader checked in, asking about new commercial shutters at a vacant commercial space on the northwest corner of 20th and Carpenter Sts., across the street from Southside Pizza. This piqued our interest, as this space has been vacant for a few years, having previously been a Chinese takeout establishment.

At the end of last year, we explained a vacant lot on the 1800 block of South Street West, giving you the heads up about two four-story triplex condo buildings in the works from Haffey Homes. As you may have noticed, these homes have gone up and have a pretty

A reader tipped us off about the addition plopped onto 2017 Carpenter St., located on a mostly two-story block with a handful of three story homes thrown in for good measure in recent years. Only framed out to this point, and featuring an unexpected bay, it kind of sticks out

Less than a decade ago, the housing stock on the 1900 block of Kimball Street consisted of two rows of two-story homes, mostly of the severely blighted variety, as well as a decent amount of vacant land. By 2006, it was largely a blank slate, with almost every existing building

We've told you a few times about the oddly shaped home going up at 1732 Kater St., last checking in after framing. Whelp, the facade has been put up, and the developers are going with the ultra-contemporary look.

The home was listed last week for $449,000. According to the listing, it's

In January, we told you about changes coming to two churches in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood- upcoming demolition for Mt. Olive AME church at 19th and Fitzwater Sts., and adaptive reuse for Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church, at Fitzwater St. and Grays Ferry Ave.

At the SOSNA zoning meeting earlier this week, the developers for

Biking around over the weekend, we almost fell over when we saw this: a floating cornice!

In December, Todd Kent purchased 2036 Carpenter St., a home described in the listing as a place that "needs TLC." Rather than simply applying a little TLC, Kent has opted to rehab the entire home,

It seems that Flying Kite Media is on to something. This week, Elise Vider did a piece on the rising fortunes of South Street West, discussing the infrastructure improvements through the efforts of the SSWBA, the explosion of new restaurants, and the continuing redevelopment in the years to come. Over

We were in the neighborhood today and spotted a new foundation at 1001 S. 18th St., on the southeast corner of 18th and Carpenter Streets. The sign at the site indicated that this was yet another offering from prolific Graduate Hospital developer Metro Impact.

A little birdie (public record) told us