In Logan Square

About a month ago, we wondered what was next for Market Street West, inspired by the shuttering of adult-themed dinosaurs Les Gals and the Forum. Now, it seems that we at least have an idea of what will be the next step for several significant properties on the 2100 and

As you're already well aware if you read this blog with any sort of regularity, North Broad Street has been experiencing a renaissance in the last few years. This return to prominence has generally not come as a result of the efforts of smaller developers, like in Point Breeze or

A little less than a year ago, we first told you that Pearl Apartments would be bringing the old granary building at 20th & Callowhill back to life, and would also be building a new eight story mixed-use building next door. About ten months after groundbreaking, the project is definitely progressing.

Move out of the way, way. Now is the time for more park, and less way along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Various improvements have been made to the Parkway in recent years and more are coming. The Action Plan for the Parkway will be unveiled during a public meeting tonight at

It's sat vacant for two decades and though Brandywine Realty Trust purchased 1919 Market St. for $9.3M early in 2011, two years later its vision and any action pertaining to active development of the lot have apparently stalled.

The site has been featured in various plans since it was first razed to make room for a

In the world full of red light districts, Philadelphia now seems to have none. Now that the last porn theatre in Center City is gone, we wonder is it time for a rebirth and a rebranding of 2100 through 2300 Market Street?

Right now it’s a strip of vacant and hardly known storefronts.

Dear God: we’re unsure if you’ve heard our prayers lately. We need some money. So we’re selling some of (Y)our things.

Like the Holy Family Center and the northern portion of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center’s parking lot, located at 17th and Vine Streets. Hope you don’t mind, Big Fella. (Signed, the Archdiocese of

Just a few blocks from a new coffee shop and around the corner from one of our preferred produce places sits a construction site that a couple of readers have recently asked us about. This has been a vacant lot for several years now, but looking back at a listing from

We were heading north on 18th Street the other day and noticed that the street now reduces to a single lane as you go north of Vine. The reason, site preparation has begun for the coming Mormon Temple, which will eventually replace two huge parking lots that overlook 676.

Note the

Recently, we broke the good news that the western end of Market Street in Center City was finally experiencing a much-needed cleanup, with two undesirable businesses finally shutting their doors. Today, we have more good news from the "long time coming on Market Street" department. You may recall, we've been