When it comes to East Kensington, we could probably navigate the area walking backwards with our eyes shut at this point, as we keep coming back to this busy little area over and over again. And here we are once more, as there seem to be plans afoot for 2019-53

The Benjamin Franklin Parkway is one of the more striking boulevards in the entire country, if we may offer up a rather Philly-centric perspective. It's great, with all the trees and museums and such, evoking the Champs Elysees but lacking a giant arch. Yeah, we know it's a challenge to

Every now and then, the timing of our site visits can be quite serendipitous, with our arrival coinciding with some sort of fun or cool event (Note: our definition of "fun" and "cool" might be biased towards this sort of thing). It had been a minute since we stopped in

Real estate development can take a long and occasionally perilous course, and Registered Community Organizations (RCOs) often play a sizable role in determining the level of perilousness for a given project. Or is it perilosity? Either way - as we've covered recently and many times in the past, not everyone

Philadelphia is a place of constant change, so we are always impressed when something stands the test of time, whether it be a building, an institution, or a business. Maclen's Auto Body is one of those impressive businesses, with this West Mt. Airy staple having served Philly since 1945. Or

Back at the very beginning of the year, we made our way to the corner of 6th & Moore in East Passyunk to check in on a project that was taking the place of an old industrial building. As we mentioned at the time, this project called for 25 townhomes along

There are few things that excite us more development-wise than when an older building that has fallen on hard times gets a new lease on life. As we reported last summer, the project at 2501 Oakford St. most definitely falls into this category. Sitting just to the west of the

When talking about ongoing development in Philadelphia, Frankford Ave. is one of those streets that comes up over and over again. In fact, just the other day we were on the southern end of the street, reporting on the West Collection's new plans for a gallery on the corridor. Today

Forgive us for getting overwhelmed by the "Running Up That Hill" wave, the 1985 Kate Bush hit that is experiencing a recent renaissance thanks to its inclusion during an intense Stranger Things scene. As we were rocking out to our favorite atmospheric avant-pop anthem while cruising past 417 Callowhill St.

Do you remember way back in 2013, when "selfies" first became a fad? Does that seem like ages ago during a quaint time before social media was filled with pictures and videos that were self-shot? (Insert shameless plug for Naked Philly's series of neighborhood Instagram Reels and TikToks) We bring this