In West Philly

When you think of a "manufacturing facility," you may imagine a small or large factory producing widgets, probably located somewhere off the beaten path. Not so much for project at 3001 Chestnut St. which we covered back in December of last year. This surface parking lot was once home to

Just last month, we took you to the corner of 41st & Walnut at the edge of University City, where we reported that some handsome buildings would be demoed to make way for... something. We knew that developers Campus Apartments had plans for the site, but it wasn't until a

For those who might not be familiar, Philadelphia has an extensive history of Black cowboys, which was recently captured in the movie Concrete Cowboy. Perhaps you heard about Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin riding horses through Strawberry Mansion rowhouses last year as they captured the story of the Fletcher Street

On the blocks around Penn, we continue to see new, varied, and sometimes surprising examples of multi-family development. Chestnut Street alone is responsible for over 1,300 units across several blocks in the 40s, with other redevelopment slated to the east on Chestnut with a new Target coming to the front

Bah-dah-bah-bah-bahhhh, we're loving it..."it" in this case being all of the McDonald's related development news coming out lately. Let's add the McDonald's at 3935 Walnut St. to the list now, as this low-rise building that's stood on Penn's campus for 50 some years is in store for some Super Sizing.

It isn't often when large development projects fall off our radar, but consider 4900 Spruce St. one of those that slipped between the cracks for the last few years. We neglected to mention this project, which sits nestled up against Barkan Park, when we were nearby a couple months back

West Philly has long been one of our favorite parts of the city from an architectural standpoint, and we're not alone in that opinion. The wide variety of older homes and buildings gives this part of town a character all of its own. Like we've said many times, they don't

As we made our way down Chestnut Street and through Spruce Hill after our recent West Philly excursion, even we couldn't believe the incredible amount of construction taking place. It was less than a year ago that we checked in on several projects wrapping up along this stretch at the

We were out exploring West Philly the other day and kept thinking "Philly in the '60s" as we made our way to 60th Street and beyond on our journey. While there was plenty happening in the present day as we crossed the city, we couldn't stop thinking of Arctic Records,

It would be difficult not to notice the amazing amount of construction taking place towards the western edge of University City. Numerous project of all shapes and sizes are adding hundreds upon hundreds of units along the main corridors as you head deeper into West Philly. We now know of