Near the center of a modern metropolitan city, it’s always a shame to see an empty lot covered in asphalt. That there are fewer such lots than there used to be even 10 years ago just makes the ones that remain all the more prominent. The origins of these lots

We have been both surprised and delighted by how development has crept up through Fishtown/East Kensington and pushed past the mental and physical boundary of Lehigh Avenue and the Conrail Tracks at the upper end of the neighborhood. The Kensington Courts project at Lehigh & Frankford Ave. paved the way

The Beury Building at 3701 N. Broad St., vacant but with some terrific bones, has long been a beacon of street art in the heart of North Philly. As has been reported, the infamous graffiti on the building should soon disappear, with plans in the works for quite some time

One of the perks of our real estate journeys is when we get to check out a gorgeous part of the city at a gorgeous time of year. The leafy canopy of Mt. Airy starting to show its verdant buds is about as high up on that list as you

We've found ourselves in the northwest section of Philadelphia quite a bit lately, spending much of our time in the greater Roxborough area. Ridge Avenue is one road on which we've logged plenty of miles, having recently covered a project on the 7000 block, along with several others on surrounding

For as much as we love Philadelphia and everything it has to offer, we occasionally pine for an elevated view of the city that doesn't require Spiderman-like abilities. So when we were over in East Falls recently, we certainly appreciated overhead the view from the train station. The tree-lined winding

Please forgive us if we sound like a broken record, but Philadelphia's booming life sciences scene is seemingly ravenous for lab space. And coming out of nowhere, the largest of them all may be on the way. Towards the eastern edge of Drexel's campus directly next to the Armory, the

It was late last year that we checked in on the long-vacant lot/quasi-park on the northwest corner of 13th & Bainbridge. At the time, things were a bit up in the air for a proposal at this site, with the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority considering a 99-year land lease to Benchmark

The area east of Temple University and the Silicon Valley are rarely mistaken for one another. However, one company is working on bringing these wildly different areas a little bit closer. NYCE is a real estate and investment platform that crowdsources funding for projects that focus on bringing tech and

52nd & Market has long been a hub of activity, dating at least back to the building of the Market-Frankford Line and its station at this corner in the early 20th century. Just to the south, at 17-23 S. 52nd St., stands an unusually tall building for this location. Hidden