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At this point, you're surely familiar with the narrative that Philadelphia was once an industrial powerhouse, but not so much anymore. As the city's industrial might has waned, we've been left with numerous former industrial buildings which possess significant character but limited utility. We can point to a fine example

At its peak, Rite Aid had over 1,200 locations in 15 states, with a particular focus on serving lower income communities. Now, after two bankruptcies in three years, Rite Aid is officially out of business, having closed their last two locations this week. The somewhat sudden closure of all these

The Philadelphia Housing Authority has been in the news for purchasing recently constructed market-rate housing projects, but the local agency is still very much in the construction game. The latest example is a 63 unit senior housing project at 2006 Cecil B. Moore Ave. that's going in front of the

Maybe it's just because we love cool old buildings, but our favorite part of HBO's The Gilded Age is seeing what the fabulous mansions of the era looked like in their heyday, or at least Hollywood's efforts to recreate them. We don't think we'd want to travel back in time

In 2001, then Mayor Street launched the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative (NTI), which resulted in the demolition of over ten thousand vacant buildings across Philadelphia. As a result, the City took possession of many of those properties, aggressively swelling the list of City owned real estate. That list remains painfully long

Though Kensington is generally considered the epicenter of 19th-20th century industry in Philadelphia, there were manufacturing pockets scattered all over the city, often butting against residential neighborhoods. One such pocket was in the Hartranft neighborhood in North Philadelphia. Today we zoom in on the 2200 block of N. 9th St.,

The Diamond Street Historic District, running on Diamond Street from Broad to Van Pelt, was established in 1986 and is one of the very first historic districts established in Philadelphia. As the application to the Historical Commission says, this corridor "boasts a grand collection of large row houses interspersed with

Things have changed in a big way on the 1600 block of Point Breeze Avenue over the last several years, which is quite consistent with what we've seen in the surrounding neighborhood. This block in particular was pretty awful as recently as 2017, with a mix of vacant lots and

Is there anything more fun than digging through zoning permits? Yes, but coming across an unexpected project is still a rush, no matter how you slice it. Case in point: brand new plans for a project north of Temple University Hospital at 3439 N. 17th St. at the site of

It's no secret that much of the development coverage on your favorite real estate blog focuses on the Greater Center City area, with a heaping dose of West Philly to round out the offerings. However, more and more development is taking in place in North Philadelphia, with 1708 W. Tioga