In West Philly

Last week, we passed along an update on plans from the University City Science Center to build an apartment building at 36th & Market. Today, we have an update on another Science Center project, located a couple of blocks away at 38th & Market. We first told you about this project

A couple of weeks ago, we told you about plans for a 21-unit building at 31st & Spring Garden, just before or after the Spring Garden Bridge, depending on where you're coming from (or going to).

Today, we have an update on another multi-unit project being constructed just to the west,

Risking life and limb by heading to this area during freshman move-in, we found ourselves on 38th Street the other day jonseing for a slurpee. You can imagine our shock when we sauntered up to the 7-11 at 38th & Chestnut and found this instead:

7-11 has made its home here

A reader tipped us off the other day about two new buildings that they noticed on the 3800 block of Haverford Avenue. As you can imagine, our gut reaction was that a couple of new student housing units were joining the fray on the southern end of Mantua. But for

Last October, we wrote about the Baltimore Avenue transformation in West Philly and wondered how far its effects would crawl on either side of the growing corridor. We cited a trash-logged and abandoned construction site at 4809 Chester Ave. in Squirrel Hill as an example of a property that would

In West Philly, a house of God is transmitting (and receiving) wireless waves. Since at least 2011, wireless antennas have been adorning the top of the turret at St. Peter's Church of Christ at 47th & Kingsessing, in Squirrel Hill.

According to Hidden City, the structure was built as the Church

A few weeks back, we took the back way out of West Philly on 48th Street towards Girard Avenue to catch a photo of the recently completed work at the zoo. On that route, we were surprised to chance upon the in-process West Village Apartments project at the northwest corner

Driving in or out of University City via the Spring Garden Bridge can be a glimpse of development to come.

First, there's the fenced-in vacant lot at 31st & Spring Garden that plays home to a black and white sign that's apparently been there for years. We shared plans for that

A 2.6 acre plaza will double as the ceiling for five levels of underground parking at the Buerger Center for Pediatric Care now under construction at the site of the former Convention Hall on the South Campus of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in University City, on Civic Center

This spring we brought you news of a string of three rehabs along the 5100 block of Chester Avenue. As of late, 5020 Chester Ave., the middle three of those homes, was completed and a few homes down at 5030 Chester Ave., demo work has begun.

This winter, we initially wondered