In West Philly

A little over a year ago, we traveled out to Walnut Hill in West Philadelphia to tell you about a derelict apartment building getting a makeover at 51st & Walnut. The building was vacant for a pretty long time and had garnered a whole lot of damage from graffiti, the weather,

We've visited the blocks around the 40th & Baring intersection perhaps a dozen times over the years, regularly providing updates on this booming part of Mantua. Way back in 2011, some new apartment buildings had recently finished in the north side of the 4000 block of Baring Street, with a

It was just a couple years ago that the Summit at University City sprouted on the 3400 block of Lancaster Avenue, replacing a couple of low slung institutional buildings with a massive mixed-use building targeting Drexel students. We don't need to tell you that this building was transformative for the

About half a year ago, we called your attention to the slow and methodical demolition of Penn Tower, at the intersection where HUP meets CHOP meets the Penn Museum. As we told you previously, Penn Tower was originally built as a hotel but slowly transitioned to a HUP office building.

We've visited the area around 42nd & Chester a disproportionate number of times over the years, mostly because of a building collapse a few years ago and the construction of a new building near Clark Park that does a remarkable job fitting in with the older homes in the neighborhood.

A little over a year ago, we told you about a new building under construction at 17 S. 44th St., on the southeast corner of 44th & Ludlow. The building was notable in part because its construction was covering up the views of a mural on the northern wall of 21

We first noticed signs on construction at 4054-64 Powelton Ave. back in August, prompting us to reach out to the owner of the property to ask what was happening. We weren't sure whether the home and warehouse on the property were simply getting renovated, or whether they'd perhaps get demolished

Early this summer, we told you about some nascent construction activity at 4215 Chestnut St., previously the site of a catering hall. At that point, we guessed from the location, the scale of the building, and the construction permit that we found online that the building would be another structure meant

We've been following the story of the Greensgrow Farms expansion into West Philly for over three years, and the latest chapter might be the most exciting one yet. Initially, Greensgrow planned to move to a long vacant lot at the corner of 51st & Baltimore, even holding a community meeting

Last year, news broke that Post Brothers, the well-known and sometimes controversial development firm which owns various apartment buildings throughout the city, was heavily investing in the neighborhoods surrounding University City. They bought seven properties in the area and planned on substantial renovations for all of them, with Hamilton Court