It's too easy to "forget" about Forgotten Bottom, even though it sits right on the edge of Center City and University City. For those who aren't familiar, this neighborhood is located between Grays Ferry Avenue, I-76, the Schuylkill River, and CSX train tracks. It only has housing on about two

As development has pushed its way through the River Wards, we've seen new residents and businesses change the face of Northern Liberties, Fishtown, and East Kensington in the first quarter of the 21st century. Over the last few years, we've been pointing to Port Richmond as a neighborhood that's firmly

If you're looking for the epicenter of Philadelphia development in the last several years, look no further than the eastern edge of Northern Liberties. Whether it's the 1,000+ units plus amenities at Piazza Alta, almost 500 units at the former Festival Pier, or the hundreds of additional units that have

We've covered many former industrial buildings in Kensington and Fishtown over the years, detailing adaptive reuse projects as former factories and warehouses are converted to apartments and commercial spaces. We've even seen interest in converting buildings in other pockets of the River Wards, like a dye works in Harrowgate that

Even casual Naked Philly readers know how much we love when new buildings replace surface parking lots. To say the least, we were pretty jazzed to see how much progress has been made on the seven story apartment building on the former parking lot at 1314-32 Spring Garden St. when

Though he doesn't have a Broadway smash named after him, Benjamin Franklin nevertheless stands as one of the most important of our Founding Fathers and one of the more consequential figures in American history. A Philadelphian for most of his adult life, his family home was located in a courtyard

Most of Northwest Philadelphia is zoned rather restrictively, with large sections only allowing for the construction of single family homes. Many areas even prohibit rowhomes, the most Philadelphian of housing typologies. Fortunately there are a few pockets, often near Regional Rail stations, where at least a bit of density is

As this year has rolled along, we've seen several companies from NYC announce plans to open up on Chestnut Street, west of Broad. In the last few weeks we've covered the jewelry brand Catbird opening up their first Philadelphia location on the 1800 block of Chestnut, as well as Veronica

Though Kensington was the manufacturing engine of Philadelphia back when the city was known as the Workshop of the World, industry was once prevalent all over town. Today, you'd never expect homes next to a coal yard, a lumber mill, or a smelting plant, but this was the way things

If you visit the 3200 block of N. 16th St., you'll probably find yourself struck by the large amount of vacant land, just steps from Temple University Hospital. Though the hospital provides critical healthcare resources to the community and also serves as a job center for thousands of people at