In West Philly

During the middle of the 20th century, the Philadelphia Housing Authority built low-income high rise towers across Philadelphia, eventually constructing three dozen buildings that housed thousands of people. By the late 1990s into the early 2000s, a combination of changing thinking around public housing and poor conditions in the towers

We've covered a fair number of former churches being reused for new purposes over the years. In Point Breeze, Manayunk, East Falls, Roxborough and other neighborhoods, we've seen plenty of religious and auxiliary structures converted into housing and other quotidian purposes as financial capacities and membership numbers have waned at

It's only been a few weeks since we last checked in on some of the new construction around 44th and Lancaster Avenue and we already have a reason to return. Today we will draw your attention to 4402 and 4404 Lancaster Ave., two distinct properties that were once used together.

Most Philadelphians today have only a vague notion of the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Fairmount Park, but it was a really big deal at the time, displaying America's growing industrial might and introducing Philadelphia to visitors from across the globe. In the decades that followed the exposition, the expansion of

You may not make it out to Overbrook Farms very frequently, unless you're visiting Saint Joseph's University out on Hawk Hill. Sure, the hawk will never die, but posted CDR documents let us know that an interesting mixed-use redevelopment project is proceeding on the 63rd Street commercial corridor in this

What neighborhood would you consider the intersection of 40th Street, Haverford Avenue, and Lancaster Avenue? Belmont? North Haverford? West Powelton? Whatever name you assign this pocket of West Philadelphia, there's no doubt that it's gone through a physical transformation over the last few years as new infill projects have replaced

We've been taking advantage of these pleasant late summer days to check out some of the new construction in West Philly, and we recently noticed that 4408 Lancaster Ave., located along the border between Haverford North and Belmont, seems complete and is available for lease. We last wrote about this

Have you ever visited an intersection and found yourself struck by just how much it has changed over a short period of time? That's exactly what happened to us recently in West Powelton, when we found ourselves on the corner of 41st & Haverford. In just about every direction, we

Zoning Board of Appeals hearings can often be the first time the public learns about new proposed buildings in Philadelphia. Last week though, the exact opposite thing happened when we learned that a much discussed mixed-use project in West Philly won't be proceeding, at least for now.When we last checked

Waaaaaay back in 2012, we told you about plans for the creation of a superblock in Mantua, combining the four square blocks encompassed by 36th Street, 38th Street, Haverford Ave., and Wallace St., which was to be occupied by a suburban-style supermarket and a sea of surface parking. This plan