In Old City

Old City has been going through tremendous change lately. Whether it’s from big projects like One Water or the Bridge, or smaller ones like the development of townhomes, parking lots are turning into functional cityscape at a surprising rate. One of the vacant lots yet to be developed is the one at the

Yesterday's story about the ZBA approvals for the project at 401 Race Street inspired some heated conversation in the comments section, and also caught the attention of Barton Partners, the project architects. A representative was kind enough to send us an updated CDR submission which contains revised renderings for the

Your perspective on 401 Race St. probably depends on how long you've been in Philadelphia. Those who can remember back to the 1950s might remember when this building was home to the Whitman's Chocolate factory. We don't go back that far, but we do remember buying some suits there in the late 1990s

If you've traveled down 2nd Street in the last couple months, you've surely noticed that there's some relatively new construction activity on the southeast corner of 2nd & Vine. We've actually been meaning to cover this one for awhile, but the volume of traffic on 2nd Street has generally made

It's been almost a year since we first told you about plans for eight new homes at 230 Race St., which was at that time in use as a surface parking lot. As we're all well aware, a whole lot can change in a year. Visiting the site the other

A fire severely damaged the former Suit Corner building on the southwest corner of 3rd & Market back in the spring of 2014, resulting in its demolition. In the time that's passed since then, the corner has sat empty. Meanwhile the northeast corner, formerly home of the Shirt Corner, has

Over the weekend, we were enjoying a not-oppressively-hot afternoon at Race Street Pier and were reminded about the One Water Street project. Numerous plans have come down the pike for 230 N. Columbus Blvd. over the years, so you can forgive us for being pessimistic when PMC Property Group presented plans for this address

The northeast corner of 3rd & Market is looking considerably better these days, but at the same time its personality is irreversibly changed for the worse (in our estimation at least). Remember, for so many years the Shirt Corner made its home at this location and the gaudy paint job

The corner of 2nd & Church has gone from empty to bustling over the last few months. We first brought the building at 17-19 N. 2nd St. to your attention back in the summer of 2012, wondering how such a well-located structure could sit vacant for so many years. On

The 300 block of N. Front Street is an interesting one. If you start in South Philly, this is the first block of Front Street that runs to the east of I-95, which means it's the first block of Front Street with unfettered access to the waterfront. It's got its