In Graduate Hospital

It seems like the renovation of the former YWCA building at 1605 Catharine St. has been in the works forever. It was way back in the summer of 2011 that we first told you that the building was available for sale for $2.2M, discussing the opportunity presented by such a

The northwest corner of 20th & Carpenter has been through some serious changes in the last decade. Turning back the clock to 2007, the building at the corner was a vacant mess and 922 S. 20th St. next door was a bodega with a well-deserved reputation for drug dealing. Though some

The last decade has been rough for churches in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood. The Metropolitan AME church at 20th & Fitzwater was demolished and replaced by six townhomes. The Varick AME church at 19th & Catharine was deemed dangerous and demolished, and ten homes eventually rose in its place. At 19th

It's been a rough recent past for 778 S. 18th St., the building on the northwest corner of 18th & Catharine. The surrounding neighborhood has continued to improve, but as far as we can tell, the property has sat vacant for several years. It went to sheriff's sale five years

Every home or apartment has its little quirks. When we lived above an arcade, a powerful jukebox below taught us the bass lines to every popular song from 2001. When we lived immediately next door to a bar, we heard some amazing conversations through a thin bathroom wall. Then there

The CHOP project on Schuylkill Avenue is one of Philadelphia's largest institutional construction projects right now, and it's been steadily chugging along since our last visit roughly half a year ago. Back then, most of the activity was taking place at or below grade, and we honestly weren't sure exactly

We passed by 616-18 S. 18th St. dozens of times over the years but never really paid it any mind. Upon closer examination though, the building clearly didn't look like the others on the block, both in terms of architecture and materials. We use the past tense because of late,

We last checked in on 1430 South St. a few months ago, shortly after the removal of the scaffolding that covered its facade for many months. Remember, this project includes a building with 32 rental apartments and a large retail space on the first floor, along with four homes on

It's taken about a year and a half, but construction has finally started on the west side of the 1000 block of S. 17th Street, across the street from Carpenter Square. This stretch of land has been vacant for many years, held in limbo because the City owned almost all

Several months ago, we told you about ongoing construction at the corner of 17th & Carpenter, work that represented the first phase of Carpenter Green. This green space has been in the works for quite some time, and we first told you about the plans back in the spring of