In West Philly

A recent thread on the UrbanPHL Facebook page drew our attention to an upcoming demolition on 41st Street in West Philadelphia, and as you can guess from the name of the group, the response was rather negative. The property in question is 123 S. 41st St., a nice looking building on the edge

The handsome building at the northeast corner of 41st & Baltimore was built in 1927, according to the University City Historical Society, designed and constructed by Samuel Silverman and originally known as Calvert Hall. The Historical Society goes on to describe the structure as an example of Renaissance Revival architecture, with "distinguishing features

Thanks to a reader tip, we visited 52nd Street earlier this week to investigate a potential student housing project in a building with some wonderful bones. It turns out the renovation wasn't aimed at creating residential units, but will instead result in a very large clothing store in a greatly improved building

There's been a staggering amount of new construction in West Philadelphia over the last several years, as developers have gobbled up vacant land or underused properties and built new student housing. Near Baltimore Avenue, we've started to see this development move past 50th Street. Farther north though, we can't think

Brace yourself for a West Philly story that's not about student housing. Can you believe it? Neither can we.We were skimming through Instagram yesterday and happened upon a photo of 4102 Lancaster Ave. from the feed of @mmbixler. The first floor of this building is home to a clothing store called Daebat, with

Between the 4200 and 4400 blocks of Chestnut Street in Spruce Hill, there are several active construction and/or redevelopment sites to be found. So last week, we took advantage of the beautiful spring weather to get a snapshot of what's going on. We didn't need to go much past 42nd Street

Perry World House opened to the public in September, shortly after the fall semester got started at Penn, after about a year of construction. In finally getting around to covering this building, we admit we're a little late to the party. But better late than never, we'd say, and this especially applies

There's a vacant lot at 318 N. 42nd St. where developers are looking to build something new. Ho hum, more student housing for this block, which saw three new homes go up a few years ago and is a stone's throw away from dozens of relatively fresh projects. So why do we bother bringing

If you want to be a hero at work, one of the best ways is to show up with a dozen donuts from Beiler's. They're delicious, they're relatively inexpensive (11 bucks for a dozen!), and for some added comedy, the Fruity Pebbles donut has been known to provoke the occasional

We just can't quit you, 4000 block of Baring Street. We were here just last week, telling you about a five unit project just getting started on the block. As we were writing that story, we were kicking ourselves for not getting decent photos of Good Food Flats, a much