We're taking a look at some everyday history that you see around Philadelphia, just walking or driving or biking around our fine city.

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4) Remaining freight tracks

Here you can see where old freight tracks from Washington Ave. led into this building, now holding a U-Haul branch

The Peirce School, located at 2400 Christian St. and closed since 2007, sits on a 35K sqft. lot and the building itself is more than 50K sqft. According to the Notebook, the district voted last April to sell the building that once housed Peirce. To this point, the building has

This four story home is enormous, with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, a finished basement, and 2700 sqft. of living space. The first floor features an open floor plan with space for a distinct living room and dining room, the kitchen, a powder room, and access to the rear yard. The

Here at Naked Philly, we like to think that we have our fingers on the pulse of Philadelphia, but sometimes we even scare ourselves. Looking back at a post from Monday, we asked folks what they knew about this building, located behind the Riverview Shopping Center:

We were fascinated to learn

A building that previously contained a houseplant wholesaler is changing completely and will hold new residents and their cars once some additional stories are added to the structure.
A look to the recent past. Image from Google
The facade remains, but the inside appears to be gutted

You don't have to go to a museum to see artifacts and ruins of old Philadelphia. You see them every day! Here's a list of common pieces of Philadelphia antiquity:

1) Belgian Blocks

We're not talking about those faux-historical spots where brand new Belgian blocks are installed, we're talking about

These three buildings, all owned by Queen's Mews South LP out of Brooklyn, are currently under construction and have been for some time. It's not that these buildings look particularly unusual from an architectural standpoint- 718 is, in fact, historic. Perhaps the developer made a decision to give the buildings

Located on the 1700 block of Tulip St. in Fishtown, The Nine is a development of nine (shoulda guessed) new construction homes from a partnership of local developers, including one of the folks who brought us Memphis Flats. To this point, six homes have been built, with three more on

Located in Francisville, this 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house has over 1500 sqft. of living space. The first floor contains a living room and dining room with hardwood floors, the kitchen, and access to the back patio. On the 2nd floor are two bedrooms and a full bathroom. Bedrooms are

A reader sent us a tip about a building going up at Broad and Wharton, next door to the Lukoil gas station. When we swung by, we snapped a couple of photos.

According to an expired real estate listing, this property has the necessary zoning to construct a four story building