In Temple Area

We've already brought you the greatest architectural crime near Temple's campus, and we don't contend that today's example is anywhere near as egregious. That being said, it's still pretty unfortunate.

The 1400 block of N. 17th Street is desolate, but has become less so in recent years. With a number of

We were waaay up in North Philadelphia today, snapping some photos for another post (that you should totally look for tomorrow), and spotted a couple of new construction homes as we were weaving our way back down toward Center City. Back in 2009, 2106-08 N. 17th St. (just above Diamond)

Over a year ago, we first told you about plans from Bright Hope Baptist Church and the Goldenberg Group to build a large mixed-use development on the 4.6 acre site of the former Wanamaker School at 11th and Cecil B. Moore. At the time, it was understood that the project would move forward in

We were in the neighborhood the other week and spotted a zoning notice on the extremely vacant 1600 block of Master Street. Peering in for a closer look, it became clear that new student housing, seemingly everywhere in this area, would not be on the agenda for this location.

Looking at

Last spring, we told you about six new duplexes going up on the 1800 block of N. 17th St., near the Temple campus. The other day, when we happened to be in the neighborhood, we noticed that these buildings have been completed in the intervening months. While they are fairly

It's been awhile since we've made our way up to the area around Temple University, but we happened to be in this neck of the woods early this morning, and spotted some interesting new buildings along the way. One of these was 1850 N 18th St., a property we brought

We've covered these types of projects ad nauseum, but developers continue to build 'em. We're referring, of course, to new construction, privately owned student housing in the vicinity of Temple University. Recently, a couple of the projects we've brought to your attention have been perhaps a little further from campus

In the Fall, we told you about a proposed development at 2304-2310 N Broad St., the home of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College from 1968 until 1982. At the time, the buildings were in a terrible state of disrepair, and demolition was just getting underway.

Despite the horrible condition of the buildings, you could tell

Just two blocks from the South Gateway project that we mentioned last week, developer Tejas Properties 2 LLC is proposing a much smaller residence for Temple students. On a block with several properties with similar density, these developers intend to construct a four-story, seventeen unit building at 1431 N 15th

For some time, we've been bringing student housing development in the area surrounding Temple University to your attention. These projects range from the one-off structure with a couple of units built by a small-time developer, to medium-sized multi-unit buildings, to more massive projects like Paseo Verde and Diamond Green. What's