In West Philly

If you went to Drexel, it's possible you once lived or went to a party on the 3200 block of Winter Street. If you didn't, we'll forgive you if you've never set foot on this little block, whose eastern end is mere steps from those pesky railyards that separate this section

We were meandering around West Philly last week and happened upon a new building under construction on a block of 46th Street we'd visited once before. You might remember, almost exactly a year ago we told you about 223 S. 46th St., a new construction single-family home that was doing

With a Choice Neighborhoods grant from the feds, the Mantua neighborhood launched a community planning effort in 2012 and eventually released the Mantua Transformation Plan to convey their hopes and dreams to the City, local CDCs, and developers. At around the same time, the Mount Vernon Manor CDC received funding

It recently came to our attention the the Saint James Pentecostal Church at 4101 Ludlow St. is listed for sale. The property was first listed a couple months back at a $1.9M sale price, with the price going down to $1.3M a couple weeks ago then bouncing back up to

Don't look now, but the 4200 block of Chestnut Street is getting some new student housing. Okay, go ahead and look, it's happening no matter what you do.New hole in the ground4217 Chestnut St. was home for a number of years to Jack Kramers Catering, but the two-story building that

A few weeks ago, we noticed two residential projects that were coming up on the ZBA calendar. Both are located on Spruce Street past 50th, and both lots are sitting vacant. The first project we investigated is located at 5037 Spruce St., which actually hasn't been vacant for all that

To paraphrase Hannibal Smith, we love it when a plan comes together.In this case, we're referring to the 30th Street Station District Plan, released last week. This plan, as you might imagine, details a vision for 30th Street Station and its surrounding neighborhood over the coming decades. If everything set

At the end of last year, we brought you a somewhat sad story of a demolition at 4042 Chestnut St. in West Philadelphia. The old building, dating back to the mid-19th century, was being demolished in favor of a new batch of student housing which was going to make full use of the

Off-campus student housing has exploded in West Philly over the last several years, with new apartment buildings appearing on blocks that developers heretofore considered to be too far west, north, or south. Those same developers have taken an interest in Woodland Avenue and surrounding blocks, specifically targeting University of the

We would have to imagine that at some point in its history, the northeast corner of 46th & Walnut was home to a row of Victorian homes, or perhaps a larger castle-like structure like the property on the southeast corner of this intersection.Southeast corner of 46th & WalnutMore recently, at least