In Spring Garden

Progress continues at the Goldtex Apartments at 12th & Wood, which we last checked in on back in December. This mixed-use adaptive reuse project from Post Brothers should be ready for its first residents soon, despite a well-publicized battle with local trade unions throughout the construction process. And now, as the

Most scientists agree that we humans are rapidly making our way through the Earth's fossil fuels. With cars being one of the more significant culprits in this phenomenon, alternative fuels have emerged in recent years to attempt to reduce the use of gasoline in getting us from one place to

Back in November, we updated you on the demolition of the Ruffin Nichols Memorial AME Church at 11th & Mr. Vernon, a year after it was purchased by developers. That demolition hadn't really progressed in many months, leaving the former chapel open to the elements, and giving passersby a unique look

In between the still new 33-unit mixed-use project on the 1500 block of Fairmount Ave., and another 15-unit mixed-use project on the 1900 block, a local longtime business owner has sold 1710-16 Fairmount Ave., an art deco building that's seen better days.

According to the Spring Garden Civic Association's website, the owner

Over a year and a half ago, we brought the 1500 block of Melon Street to your attention, noting two new homes and three foundations waiting for homes on this little block which dead-ends into Sydenham Street. At that time, we noted the slow but steady development in this little

It's always interesting (for us at least) to look at the agendas for the ZBA- this task often points us in the direction of development we'd otherwise never have known about. Take, for example, two projects we learned about over the weekend, within a block of each other, in the

In 1912, a nun named Sister Maria asked for permission from Vincentian authorities in Europe to establish a mission for Spanish speaking Catholics in Philadelphia, according to an article in the Inquirer last month. In response to that request, the Vincentians purchased 1903 Spring Garden St., a church now known as

A reader recently shot us an email, wondering about the large surface parking lot on the northeast corner of Broad & Spring Garden, catty corner to the recently opened Tower Place. This parking lot is next door to an attractive old school building, and has a really eye-catching mural on

In the last week, two readers have reached out and told us about plans for a new fro-yo shop for 20th & Brandywine. We were in the area today and stopped by, hoping to find out some additional info about this new business. Sadly, there was no one there to

A reader recently gave us the heads up that some significant construction activity was taking place at 1100 Spring Garden St., on the same block as the still-standing Church of the Assumption. Because it's what we do, we made our way over there to check it out. And they weren't