In Spring Garden

Smack dab in the middle of the revival of North Broad Street, you can easily spot Congregation Rodeph Shalom, located at 615 N. Broad St., pretty much across the street from the newly redeveloped 600 N. Broad Street. The congregation has made this address its home since 1871, and has

According to an article in today's Inquirer, the Divine Lorraine mystery has been solved. For those of you that wagered on Eric Blumenfeld of EB Realty, you've got quite a windfall on your hands.

Blumenfeld's plan, to be more specific, doesn't necessarily involve the blighted architectural gem so much as it

Back in November, we told you about a large, eponymous project in the Spring Arts (as it's listed in the MLS TREND system) neighborhood. Or is it the West Poplar (as it so listed in the Phila2035 publications), or the Spring Garden (the name many of our readers seem to support) neighborhood?

As

According to a zoning notice from last month, an unexpected change is coming to 1308 W. Girard Ave.

Home to Drexel Bindery Inc. for twenty-five years and located on a fairly depressed commercial corridor, this location doesn't exactly seem ripe for redevelopment. But that's just what's planned for this building, which

We have a few updates for you in the West Poplar/Spring Garden/Spring Arts neighborhood, where at the end of 2011 we dropped a near bucket’s worth of happenings in that locale like we were Lou Williams. There was a church for sale, construction on Lemon and Wallace Sts., and much much more.

The two

Last fall, we tipped you off about two projects under construction in the West Poplar/Spring Garden/Spring Arts neighborhood. 622 N 12th St. was the massive building with the funky bay window and parking in the front, and 1217-19 Mount Vernon St. looked like two new construction, single family homes.

In the

Several readers have asked us about the ongoing construction at 665 N Broad St., where a large steel strucure has replaced several low rise buildings that were torn down several months ago.

For years, the Laborers District Council of the Metropolitan Area of Philadelphia and Vicinity has called this location home.

Over the past few months, we've told you a couple of times about the the conversion of the former Calvary Church at 16th & Fairmount to ten condo units by Loonstyn Bros. LLC. This impressive adaptive reuse of an old church gives us hope that some other endangered church buildings might be saved, preserving

A couple of weeks ago, we told you about the Regis Group's project to convert the former School of Rock building at 1508-16 Brandywine St. into residential units. Today, we present you with a bit more information, plus a shiny rendering to admire.

The project is being designed by JKR Partners, the

On Saturday, the Inquirer reported that the owners of the Divine Lorraine, a gorgeous yet blighted treasure on North Broad Street, are working to sell the property to a local developer. Tremendous news.

For the uninitiated, a brief primer on the building:

It was constructed in the last decade of the 19th