In West Philly

We try to visit the 4000 block of Baring Street every few months, as this block as been the epicenter for student housing development in West Powelton over the last half decade. More often than not, we find something new and exciting when we visit. We thought this was the

Though we've probably passed by on numerous occasions, the vacant lot at 3200 Baring St. somehow escaped our attention until quite recently. The parcel is a nice size, about 7,500 sqft, and sits across the street from Drexel Park, on the edge of Drexel's campus.A sign on the fence around the

Let's agree that a car wash isn't the highest and best use for a 16K+ sqft lot just a couple blocks off of Penn's campus. And it seems that CRP Builders LLC agree with that sentiment, as these developers are intending to purchase the Wash N Lube at 4125 Chestnut

We don't get to Parkside very often, mostly because it's a bit of a hike for us and there's just not that much development to report in the neighborhood. But a reader gave us a shout the other day and told us about some construction activity at 52nd & Parkside,

Considering the changes that have occurred near 46th & Sansom over the last couple years, it was no shock when some readers told us about a new zoning notice on the block, at the southwest corner of Farragut & Sansom. We actually wrote the lot at 4622 Sansom St. previously, back

As student housing projects have drifted into Southwest Philadelphia, we've seen additional development move further west on Baltimore Avenue. Take, for example, the large Greensgrow which opened last summer on the 5100 block. Or you could also consider the event space that opened on the south side of the 5000

The triangular lot at 4610 Cedar Ave., which happens to be the intersection with Baltimore Avenue, has been woefully underused for a really long time. A one-story building stood here which resembled a tiny McDonald's and housed a PFCU branch until 2010. Though a couple of businesses looked at leasing the

As we mentioned when we visited the 3600 block of Haverford Avenue over the summer, it's one of the worst looking blocks in the area. Aside from a colorful artist studio, the northern side of the block is entirely vacant, thanks to a seemingly fizzled effort to build a Mantua supermarket.

About two weeks ago, we came across an event invitation which advertised the grand opening of a project we had covered in May of last year, when the site was but a hole in the ground. Just from looking at it, you might think that the new building at 4050 Haverford

It was a little over a month ago that we told you that plans were in the early stages for a 16-story building at the corner of 34th & Market as part of an expansion effort from University City Science Center, an effort which will also include the rebranding of its campus