In West Poplar

North Broad Street has always had amazing bones, from when it was a thriving residential area in the Gilded Age to when it was known as Automobile Row back in the early 20th century. Investment in the area dried up in the middle to the late 20th century, but we've

We've seen a trend of Flatiron-style buildings popping up in the last couple years, with a project now complete in Queen Village and another currently under construction in Fishtown. As is the case with the actual Flatiron building, these buildings have unique wedge-shaped designs thanks to diagonal streets that slice

Spring Garden Street east of Broad is undergoing quite the renaissance, thanks in part to the Rail Park to the south and numerous projects various sizes changing the face of West Poplar to the north. With Union Transfer and PhilaMoca just steps apart, restaurants and breweries within a few minutes

To put it mildly, things have changed quite dramatically around Broad & Fairmount over the last half decade or so. You may recall, the Divine Lorraine is located at the southeast corner of this intersection, representing one of the architectural gems of North Broad Street. Unfortunately, the building fell out

We have always had a soft spot for old cinemas, standing in direct contrast to our feelings about surface parking lots. While we stan buildings with leftover architectural details, like (what's left of) the Boyd or the Leader on Lancaster or the Diamond on Germantown Avenue, we're also fond of

As the West Poplar and Callowhill neighborhoods have gentrified in recent years, the eastern section of Spring Garden Street has seen some changes as well. Many of those improvements have been thanks to the efforts of Arts + Crafts Holdings, a developer and property owner which has purchased and renovated

The renovation of the Divine Lorraine was always going to be the key to unlocking the potential of North Broad Street. For years, the blighted beauty at Broad & Fairmount offered a window into the glorious history of this corridor and provided an example of architect Willis G. Hale at the height of

Turn back the clock just a handful of years and the corner of 11th & Brandywine was a fairly depressing place to find oneself. The southwest corner was the back of a gas station, the southeast and northwest corners were vacant and used for surface parking, and the northeast corner

The stretch of Spring Garden Street between 5th and 9th Streets is a bit of a no man's land. It's home to a number of places you've heard of, like Traffic Court, the Edgar Allen Poe Historic Site, and a Red Cross building, but it lacks any sort of retail street

It's been over a year since we last visited the south side of the 1000 block of W. Girard, so it's time for a couple significant updates. Before we look at the present and future though, let's just provide a quick reminder about the history of this property, in case