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Sometimes when readers email us, wondering about a particular project or property, we need to do all kinds of research to figure out what's going on. We've become experts in poring over old zoning plans and/or property records to help satisfy the curiosity of someone motivated enough to reach out to

Schuylkill Avenue sees a ton of vehicular traffic every day, as it provides one of two access points to the eastern side of the South Street Bridge. Befitting its most common role as a way to get from here to there, the four blocks of Schuylkill Ave. are far from pretty. Highlights include

At first glance, the property at 2501 Washington Ave. doesn't really present itself as a top notch development opportunity. Its shape is weird, with frontage on 25th Street, Washington Avenue, and Grays Ferry Avenue. It's directly adjacent to the elevated CSX train tracks which turn into the 25th Street viaduct on the other

The Graduate Hospital neighborhood has experienced a near complete transformation over the last twenty years, with thousands of new construction and renovation projects taking place during that time. It's hard to conceive today, but there were hundreds of vacant lots and blighted buildings in this neighborhood at one point, and now blight and

A couple readers have reached out of late, wondering about ongoing and upcoming changes at the intersection of 22nd & Christian. And the curiosity is understandable, given the surprising amount of action here, in a neighborhood that sees less and less construction these days. Let's go around the horn, shall we?Maybe

Just last week, we told you that developers had the Hoa Bin shopping center at 1600 Carpenter St. under agreement, surely meaning the end of the line for the vast majority of the businesses located therein. We saw the zoning application and indicated that the developers were planning to subdivide

Between its building and its parking lot, the Hoa Binh shopping center takes up most of the square block enclosed by Washington Avenue, Carpenter Street, 16th Street, and Chadwick Street. We've personally visited a few of the businesses located in this shopping center over the years, including the Big 8 Supermarket,

Grays Ferry Avenue has experienced a significant transformation over the last twenty years, reflecting the major changes in the rest of the surrounding Graduate Hospital neighborhood. The most noticeable difference of course, is the construction of Naval Square on the 20 acres of land that was once home to the original

The gentrification wave that's crashed over the Graduate Hospital neighborhood over the last twenty years has radically transformed the area. Before this surge, Grad Hospital included over a thousand vacant lots and empty buildings, but at this point you don't have to go much beyond your fingers and toes to count every such property in

The 2100 block of Kater Street has a lot going for it. It's just a half block off of South Street, which might present a bit of a challenge over in Queen Village, but in this part of town it just means that the residents have easy access to commercial