In South Philly

Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board awarded Philadelphia's second casino license to Live! Hotel and Casino, a joint venture between Cordish Companies and Greenwood Gaming. The project will be located at 10th & Packer, where an already existing Holiday Inn will be completely remodeled. The new casino will have 2,000 slot machines

Perhaps you remember that the other day, we told you about four homes under construction on Chaucer Street in Packer Park, finding this notable because we don't typically see much construction in this neighborhood. It turned out if you recall, that this construction was only happening because of a fire

We don't see it too often, but every now and then we find out about construction in Packer Park, near the stadiums. Recently, a reader, perhaps on his way to see the Sixers lose, came upon four homes under construction on the 3200 block of Chaucer Street. This seemed odd,

A thread on Philadelphia Speaks inspired us to highlight a blighted hulking building on a giant chunk of land down by the stadiums. Located at 3200 S. Broad St., you've almost definitely passed this property if you've ever driven or walked to a game.South of the highway, near the stadiumsWay

The other day, we came upon an unfortunate looking building under construction in South Philly. We don't typically write about projects in this area, but the new triplex at 1930 S. 7th St. made us stop in our tracks to the point we felt we simply had to share. Here it

This row of lots just south of 8th & McKean sat vacant for many years.In the pastLast year though, developers stepped forward and built a quadplex that covered two of the lots. Sure, the new building at 2008-10 S. 8th St. won't win any architecture awards, but the fact that the

Last week, we were exploring in South Philly in our efforts to bring you an update on construction at "South Bowl". On our way down there, we came upon an interesting looking home at Front & McKean.The homeWe can only think of one other home that we've seen in Philadelphia

We were purchasing some affordable yet stylish Swedish furniture over the weekend, and figured, hey, why not take a quick jaunt down to Oregon Ave. to see what's going on at the South Bowl site? You may recall that way back in November of 2011 we told you that plans

The area surrounding 7th & Snyder in South Philly is largely defined by aging facades and fading colors.  But there was a time that the neighborhood flourished around this key intersection.  In the late 19th century, at least as early as 1870, the northwest corner was home to a church congregation. The

Last spring, we wondered about the fate of a huge warehouse in Lower Moyamensing on the northwest corner at 12th & Jackson. Now we know: developer Tony Rufo of Rufo Properties plans to redevelop the former brush factory into the Artisan Lofts, 164 luxury style apartments with 62 parking spaces