In Temple Area

When a reader tipped us off about some new construction at the corner of 19th & Thompson, we immediately thought back to our visit to the 1800 block of W. Thompson St. last summer, showing off some of the amazing architecture on the block. In case you've forgotten...Great homes on

The View at Montgomery is getting a sizable new neighbor.Next month, the Goldenberg Group will present plans at CDR for the View II, a new mixed-use student housing project that will take up 2/3 of a city block at 11th & Cecil B. Moore. It will serve as a companion

A reader that works at Temple Hospital reached out to us recently, wondering about a building under construction on the east side of the 2400 block of N. Broad Street. We can forgive the question, since we last visited this project almost a year ago, shortly after ground breaking but

We were scanning the zoning calendar the other day, and discovered some upcoming development planned for the 1900 block of Cecil B. Moore Avenue. Currently, 1913-1919 Cecil B. Moore Ave. is a vacant lot that's about 6,000 sqft in size with mixed-use zoning. Developers purchased the property a few years

We were making our way back to town from Manayunk and due to some (entirely expected) traffic on I-76, we decided to take the scenic route, Ridge Avenue. We've already told you about the supermarket coming soon to Ridge Avenue. And it's well known that PHA will be moving its

About a year and a half ago, we told you about an amazing old building available for sale at the corner of Broad & York and encouraged you to buy it, if you're into that sort of thing. And it's quite possible this story inspired somebody out there, as the building

With the closing of Saint Joseph's hospital back in March, we've seen North Philadelphia Health System try to improve their long standing budget problems by selling off property previously used by the hospital. For example, we told you about a former surface parking lot on the 1600 block of Cambridge Street which

We were taking a peek at the ZBA calendar for next month, and discovered a proposal for five triplexes on a large vacant lot at the northeast corner of 9th & Norris. In an effort to try to find out some more info about the project, we started doing some

Compared to the pace of construction from a few years ago, there's not much development happening in the neighborhoods around Temple these days. You can probably chalk that up to a combination of a shrinking supply of vacant land and a growing supply of new student housing which could translate

We haven't spent much time in the neighborhoods around Temple Hospital but there's a chance that could start to change. This area is in pretty rough shape, with copious amounts of vacant land, countless vacant homes dotting the landscape, and virtually no amenities. Nevertheless, there are still Temple Med students and