In Passyunk Square

A handsome building that, until this summer, was home to the Annunciation B.V.M. School, is on the market. We've known that the school was closing for months, but only noticed the sign on the building last week.

The building is located at 1150 Wharton St., and is listed for a cool $3.1M,

We were in the area, noshing on some delicious Franco Luigi's pizza, and noticed 1544 S. 13th St., a home that looks like it's been under construction for a couple of months. It's common that we see facades taken off the front of houses, but it's not often that we see

A reader checked in, asking about the curious vacant lot that's next door to one of the more prominent (non-historic) tourist attractions in Philadelphia. If you've ever visited Pat's Steaks at any hour of the day or night, you've probably noticed the murals that surround the vacant lot directly to

Almost exactly one year ago, we brought 1843-45 E Passyunk Ave. to your attention, noting that the iconic home of King of Jeans was on the market for $800K. There's been a bit of chatter about this building in the last few months, with a potential developer flirting with the

A year ago, we told you about an affordable senior housing development planned for a large lot on the 900 block of Ellsworth Street, next to the Italian Market. At the time, the 22,000 sqft lot was (barely) in use as a parking lot.

In the spring, developer St. Maron’s CDC

A couple of weeks ago, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported on a proposed retail project for the southeast corner of 9th & Washington, a mostly vacant lot that formerly contained a warehouse structure for the American Ice Company. Part of this warehouse was torn down years ago and replaced by

If there’s any spot in Philadelphia that’s ripe for haunting, it’s the Capitolo Playground.

As we mentioned a few weeks ago in our post on the Palumbo Recreation Center, Philadelphia has a long and inglorious history of loose interpretation where the term ‘final resting place’ is concerned.  The frequently used Capitolo Playground, bound by 9th,

A couple of weeks ago, we brought a new, nearly complete mixed-use building at 12th and Latona Sts. to your attention, mentioning the beginnings of interior demolition work at the large, vacant warehouse next door. This will be the site of the second, much larger phase of this development, which

We've brought a couple of projects to your attention from the people at  Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Corporation in the past. Most recently, we gave you heads up about a property across from the singing fountain that's still in the process of being redone. Previously, we pointed out a couple of other PARC-driven

The Acme supermarket occupying the space between Passyunk, Reed, 10th & 11th Streets, is certainly a neighborhood institution.  But for nearly a century-and-a-half, this plot was occupied by an actual institution; the Moyamensing Prison.

According to the marker dedicated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission just last year, the prison was constructed in 1835