In Spring Garden

It's been a year or so since the Ruffin Nichols Memorial AME Church at 11th & Mr. Vernon was put under contract, and two months since we reported that it was falling down of its own accord. Now, the new owners are actively demolishing the structure, apparently with plans for

Yesterday, we speculated on the possible destination of the Callowhill Whole Foods, which the Inquirer reported on Wednesday would be moving to a nearby location in 2017. And just a couple of hours ago, the Phillydeal$ blog on Philly.com shared the new location, as well as a couple of details

With low interest rates and strong sales numbers, some developers think right now the market is ripe with building opportunity. Like, Lawrence Rust, of Rust Real Estate, who’s been pushing for the Spring Arts nomenclature to catch for his area like he patented the phrase.

Rust recently started construction on three

By now you've surely seen the pretty pictures and read numerous stories that detail at length a story we first told you about in April. Bart Blatstein of Tower Investments has come forward with a bold proposal to build Philadelphia's second casino at Broad & Callowhill, as part of a

In the spring, we told you about a new construction project on the 1000 block of Fairmount Ave., across from the southern portion of the PHA Richard Allen Homes development. We were in the area last week, and the project, called Fairmount Abode, is pretty much finished.

According to a Facebook

Remember when you freaked out on April Fools Day when we told you the Divine Lorraine was going to be demolished?

Well, according to a report today on Philly.com, this outcome seems much farther from reality than it seemed previously. Developer Eric Blumenfeld has purchased this gorgeous old building, as well

Back in July, we told you about plans for a new OCF Cafe at the former Mugshots location at 2100 Fairmount Ave., across the street from Eastern State Penitentiary. Since then, plenty of work has taken place at this location, including a ton of work on the facade. Take a

The other day, when we spotted the collapsing, soon to be demolished church at 11th & Mount Vernon, we were actually in the neighborhood in the first place to check out another property that a reader had enquired about. The new construction duplex at 679 N 11th St. sticks out

Almost a year ago, we told you that the Ruffin Nichols Memorial AME Church at 11th and Wallace was under contract. At the time, we speculated that the lovely building could possibly be torn down by its new owners. We were in the neighborhood today and it seems that the

Back in March, we told you about a new project planned for 439-47 N 13th St., an old two story building just to the south of one of our favorite new buildings in town. We haven't heard anything about this property for the past six months, though we have heard