The Fairmount neighborhood has seen plenty of development over the past couple of decades, so much so that north of Fairmount Avenue and west of Corinthian Avenue, it's rather rare to find new projects and/or blighted properties.

While nearby Francisville has seen action like it was a high school real estate make out

Last week, we covered a story about 1138-42 S. 20th St., a Point Breeze lot owned by the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority since 1976, which has garnered national and even international coverage in the days since. To briefly summarize: Last month, realtor and developer Ori Feibush spent between $20-$30K to clean up and green this

Oh, Francisville. Every time we turn around, it seems like some rehab or new construction project is getting started. This summer we’ve brought you a number of Francisville posts, many centered around the 19th & Poplar intersection.

These posts have included a 10-home project at Ginnodo and Ridge, a major mixed-use project at 19th

To art or not to art? Such is the question Septa officials often face. Is it worth it to allocate resources for murals and more at its stations despite its precarious budget situation?

Yes, is the answer, or so say the folk at Septa, and we agree. For example, this call for artists from last month

A few months ago, we reported on a much-needed mural coming to the side of a vacant building in Queen Village. That art project got underway last week, and the butterfly-themed painting will have lots of little eyes on it if/when a planned daycare opens next door.

The former Verte Couture

Palmer Park, a little green space on Frankford Ave. in Fishtown, is getting several new neighbors in the very near future. Considering the idyllic setting (and the relatively close proximity to the new and tasty Pizza Brain), we might just move there ourselves.

On the park's northeast corner, 536 E Palmer

Plans seem to be moving ahead for 1441 Chestnut St., once slated to be a $420M Waldorf-Astoria before national and local real estate markets collapsed in 2008, fainting like depleted runners low on nutrients and water. New developers appeared before the Center City Residents Association at its August 28 zoning meeting, and

We were in the area the other day, and noticed that the new pedestrian plaza at 42nd St. and Woodland Ave., which we told you about last month, is nearly complete. As you can see from the photos, this effort has taken a somewhat silly little stretch of city street,

A reader recently wrote in, asking about the vacant building at 1355 N Front St., across the street from El Bar. On the side of this mystery building, an old stone sign reads 'W.M. Mulherin's Sons.'

This property went on the market back in March, and Hidden City took a tour at

According to the zoning notice on the front window, developers intend to demolish 837 N Lawrence St. and replace it with a single family home. The property is next door to several other homes that were likely built at the same time a hundred years ago, and a new home