In Temple Area

We probably make it up to the Temple area once every month or two, both to check in on the development going on in the area and to enjoy an inexpensive and delicious food truck lunch. Yesterday, after we polished off a tasty crepe, we were exploring near 17th &

Cecil B. Moore Avenue near Temple has seen a tremendous uptick in development in recent years. Student housing has exploded on this street, with new apartment buildings replacing vacant land, collapsed churches, and shuttered schools. With much of this new development residential in nature, it might surprise you to know

Near Temple University, two blocks of Master Street depict the place where blight meets redevelopment. The 1700 block is home to a huge tract of vacant land, several other one-off lots, and a few blighted buildings. Just a block farther west, the 1800 block has five duplexes under construction, a project

We were in the area just last week and spotted some new construction on the 1500 block of Poplar Street. As you might expect, we went right to the L&I Map to see what we could learn about this new development, which is replacing a vacant lot.

The permits that have

It seems like every time we venture up near Temple's campus, there's some new development to report. We still remember what this area looked like over a decade ago, which makes the last few years all the more amazing to us. Perhaps almost as incredible as the ongoing transformation taking

A few months ago, we told you about two "mixed-use" buildings under construction on the 1700 block of Cecil B. Revisiting the location last week, we saw that these two buildings have apparently been finished.

As can can possibly see in the photo above, the three vacant lots in between the

Yesterday, we told you about a dollar-centric new shopping center currently under construction on the 900 block of Girard. Today, we have a horse of a different color just a few blocks to the west. A reader tipped us off awhile back about some new construction on the 1500 block

In West Philly, a house of God is transmitting (and receiving) wireless waves. Since at least 2011, wireless antennas have been adorning the top of the turret at St. Peter's Church of Christ at 47th & Kingsessing, in Squirrel Hill.

According to Hidden City, the structure was built as the Church

In the past couple of years, we've told you about eight apartments that went up at 19th & Cecil B and another twenty units that were built a block to the east. Just a few weeks ago, we told you about another large project that's on the way for the 1800 block of Cecil B

Over six months ago, when we last checked in on the former site of the Wanamaker School at 11th & Cecil B. Moore, groundbreaking had recently taken place for a large new student housing development. We were in the vicinity the other day, and were kind of floored with the progress