In Northern Liberties

Olive St., a small side street between Brown St. and Fairmount Ave., is easy to miss, only running between 4th and 5th Sts. before picking up again in Francisville. Though it's a fairly narrow street, the presence of a surface parking lot on almost the entire north side of the

As we mentioned a couple of days ago, we were recently on the 800 block of N. Leithgow St. in Northern Liberties, snapping photos of a couple of empty lots for a future post. Along with noticing three foundations on the southern side of the block, we were reminded about

We were creeping around the 800 block of Leithgow St. (it's more complicated to find than you might imagine) and discovered two foundations on the southern end of the block and another foundation behind those, fronting Lawrence St.

It took us awhile to figure out the address of these foundations, and

We love Tiffin. Whenever we're jonesing for Indian food, we make the hike to 710 W Girard Ave. to enjoy some of the best Philadelphia has to offer. Regrettably, our enthusiasm for delicious dinner is often tempered somewhat by the depressed blocks that surround the restaurant, with shuttered storefronts and

A few months back, we took a look at examples of bay windows in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood, one of the most actively developing areas in the city over the past decade or so. Stucco bay windows, often utilized and commonly criticized, are definitely prominent in this neighborhood, though we

Back in September, we gave you the heads up about a project on the 600 block of Poplar St., with four large homes going up on the Northern Liberties border. At the time, the homes looked like this:

The homes, once complete, will feature elevators, underground parking, and roof decks. As

We were in the neighborhood today and noticed two vacant and available commercial spaces across the street from each other at 5th St. and Fairmount Ave. in Northern Liberties.

On the northwest corner, a large space housed Lafayette Bistro until a couple of weeks ago.

The 50-seat BYOB lasted a little less than two

This weekend, after a tasty brunch at Cantina Dos Segundos, we were meandering around the neighborhood, enjoying the disturbingly warm weather. We checked out an Open House on New Market St., noticed that work has apparently resumed at Poplar Point, and witnessed serious masonry work going on at the former

About eight years ago, the Kind Cafe popped up at 724 N. 3rd St., but the vegan sandwich shop was perhaps a little ahead of its time and didn't last very long. We're not sure exactly what's gone on at this building in the meantime, but we're fairly confident that

We found ourselves in Northern Liberties earlier today and noticed a large crew working on 811-815 N. 2nd St., an imposing, five story property. As recently as a couple of years ago, this was a vacant lot, with the building formerly occupying the land having been torn down some years