In West Philly

Back in September, we told you about plans to convert Lot #8, an unattractive parking lot at HUP's front door, into a landscaped public green space. Earlier this month, the fences came down, and the Spruce Street Plaza opened its "doors" to the public at last.

As you can see below,

Walnut Hill is a West Philadelphia neighborhood we've covered some, but only to a limited extent. We have written about the 51-year-old Walnut Hill Community Association's (WHCA) transformation of city lots into community gardens  and University City District’s efforts to brighten the neighborhood, and today we'll tell you about renovations to a somewhat historic home in

Neighbors who joined together fifteen years ago to push the City to demolish two burned out West Philadelphia homes are fighting for the community garden they developed in the place of those homes. It seems that earlier this year, half of the garden chugged its way through the Sheriff's office

Since relocating to a building five times larger than the entire lot it used to be located on, The Mariposa Coop has near doubled its membership, and greatly increased sales, according to a store manager. With the uptick in commercial activity at this location, the City recently installed a bike corral with six

Minor cleanup work has started inside the former Croydon Apartments located at 49th and Locust, according to Matt Barrabee of Orens Brothers. Orens Brothers is the developer poised to renovate the long vacant building once known as a squatter’s paradise into 127 one, two, and three-bedroom apartments.

Readers have noted in our comments

The University City District (UCD) has been establishing itself as a major player in University City neighborhood relations. From the announcement of its recent plans to renovate the 40th Street Septa Trolley Portal, to their staff in leaf cleaning vehicles that travel the streets of West Philly via bike lanes, it’s hard

The Philadelphia skyline as seen from I-76 East or Kelly Drive could look far different a decade from now. The entire dynamic of the city could change if some sort of connector could be built between the Art Museum area and 30th Street Station.

How such a connector might be envisioned

A retail opportunity is available on the northeast corner of 48th and Chestnut Streets at the former site of Strauss Auto. The company declared bankruptcy in June forcing a vacancy at the site, now available for lease for $18/sqft from Triad Realty.

“A typical mechanic can’t afford that kind of space,” said Steve Giannascoli

It's been nearly a year since we first told you about plans to construct three triplexes plus a commercial space at 4006-10 Baring St., located on a block that's seen tons of development in recent years. Over the summer, we checked back in and discovered foundations but nothing more.

We were in the

It seems logical that with a 21 percent increase in the 20- to 34-year-old population over the past dozen years in University City, and more than three dozen new businesses opening their doors in the area in 2011 alone, there is an increased demand on the public transit system that serves