In Point Breeze

Though Kensington was the manufacturing engine of Philadelphia back when the city was known as the Workshop of the World, industry was once prevalent all over town. Today, you'd never expect homes next to a coal yard, a lumber mill, or a smelting plant, but this was the way things

We've been covering the transformation of western Washington Avenue for years now, with a number of properties making the jump to mixed use, but plenty remaining entrenched as industrial or commercial. 2400 Washington Ave., a nearly 3-acre property that's primarily used for the storage of building supplies, falls into the

We've always been a bit fascinated by 1222 S. 20th St., located just a block from our office and mere steps from the 17th Police District. This building was never winning any architecture awards, but it's an unusual one-story home, perhaps because it was originally built as a stable. At

Back in 2021, we told you that the True Gospel Tabernacle Family congregation was vacating 1900 S. 16th St., after occupying this historic building since the late 1990s. The church was originally constructed around 1889, and was designed by Baily & Truscott for Saint Elizabeth’s (or Elisabeth’s) Episcopal Church. After

The urban environment of Philadelphia's commercial corridors was once so much more interesting than the one we see today. This makes intuitive sense, as consumers historically had to rely on catchy signage to know where to do their shopping. These days, we hardly even notice signs for businesses, thanks to

We've been banging the drum for many years that Washington Avenue west of Broad should make the transition from light industrial to mixed-use, and we've slowly seen progress on that front. Over the last several years, more than 600 units have appeared on Washington Ave. between Broad Street and Grays

The SE corner of 16th & Washington is one that can get lost in the shuffle amongst all the nearby development. Currently on this property are a pair of one-story, brick buildings without much charm, save for the slight step-ups above the garage doors. But according to some preliminary plans,

Just across the street from a Pep Boys that we speculated about this summer sits 1200 S. Broad St., a funky Mid-Century Modern design at the corner of Broad & Federal, just inside the Point Breeze border. Currently home to People Employing People, an education and job support service for

While we don't have to tell you about the rush of development happening on the western side of Washington Ave., we hadn't visited the corner of 24th & Alter St. since almost exactly seven years ago, when a row of homes was going up on the south side of the

You may recall, 1701 Federal St. was once home to a convenience store, which made its home in a two-story red-brick building. The store closed its doors years ago and the building sat vacant until its demolition in early 2020. At the time, we noted that the same developers that