In Pennsport

Last November, we brought 538 Federal St., a former Peco substation, to your attention. At that time, we'd discovered crews working inside the building, doing some interior demolition work. Since then, however, all's been quiet at this attractive old building on the corner of 6th & Federal.

A reader recently gave

A reader checked in the other day, and gave us the heads up about two homes under construction on the 1500 block of S. 4th St., steps away from Dickinson Square Park. You may recall, this park recently underwent a significant renovation which has resulted in the already popular park

Last week, a reader gave us the heads up that an overgrown vacant lot had been dug up in Pennsport, with two houses on the way. We were in the area yesterday and had a chance to check out 210 Sears St., and discovered preliminary work taking place for two

A reader checked in recently, wondering about the status of Del's II, a shuttered sandwich shop at Front & Tasker. We swung by there recently, and the space appears quiet indeed.

The space was purchased by Michael Delbuono (hence the name Del's, we assume) back in 1981, shortly after the completion

During the 1960s, Philadelphia saw a host of reclamation projects dedicated to transforming industrial decay into recreational space . . . which it would then, over the course of a few decades, allow to turn into recreational decay.  The oft-used but lackluster facilities at the Sacks Recreation Center & Playground are a perfect

We got an email yesterday from a concerned neighbor on Titan Street in Pennsport, telling us about another threatened pocket park in this neighborhood. We immediately flashed back to the situation we told you about last winter, when Manton Street Park was on the verge of being built over before

The other day, we got an email from a reader, inquiring about some demolition activity on the 1300 block of S. Howard St., a little block with views of the rear of the Freda Corporation building on Front Street. We took a jaunt over to scope it out, and we

At the end of last month, Pennsport celebrated the reopening of Dickinson Square Park, which had been closed off all year while undergoing renovations. With a budget of $1.2M, thanks to contributions from the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the City, the department of Parks and Recreation department,

There was a time when Philadelphia was home to hundreds of classic cinema houses and movie theatres.  Shawn Evans of The Philly History Blog tells that during the silent film boom of the 1920s, Philly was prime location for the transporting new experience of movie watching.  Evans tells that 275 movie theatres were opened

And now, it's time for another exciting installment of ‘places where Philadelphians used to be buried.’  Today, we explore the parking lot and primary structure inhabiting the space between 5th and 6th Streets on the south side of Washington Avenue.  According to Find A Grave, this parking lot began operation as an ‘association’ cemetery in