In West Philly

Picture yourself walking out of the western side of 30th Street Station, emerging from the Amtrak tracks below, and being greeted by... pretty much nothing. This was life several years back before Drexel Square, the public park that was the first completed aspect of the massive Schuylkill Yards master plan

Labs, labs, labs - have we ever mentioned labs on here? Well, we are thrilled to be talking about yet another one at 127 N. 32nd St., where a surface parking lot on the very edge of Drexel is in for an ultra-upgrade. Currently home to a small one-story building

Back in October, we told you about plans to demolish two handsome apartment buildings at the southeastern corner of 41st & Walnut in University City. These two structures are quintessential West Philly buildings, fitting in wonderfully with the rest of the gloriously maintained architecture in the vicinity.As we mentioned then,

Powelton Village, which sits immediately north of Drexel's campus in West Philly, has some of the coolest architecture in the entire city. Featuring intricately designed and generally well preserved residential buildings, this area was just designated as Philadelphia's newest historic district, becoming the largest protected area since Old City back

Now that the tryptophan has worn off, what could be better than a real estate development update on a Monday to shake off that Turkey Day fog? And wouldn't you know it, that's exactly what we have in store at 3801 Chestnut St., where more details dropped recently on a

Way back in February, when pitchers and catchers were just reporting for the NL-pennant-winning Phillies, we shared renderings of two new towers that were part of the UCity Square life sciences campus that were slated to rise at 38th & Market in booming University City. We didn't have many details at

When you think of a "manufacturing facility," you may imagine a small or large factory producing widgets, probably located somewhere off the beaten path. Not so much for project at 3001 Chestnut St. which we covered back in December of last year. This surface parking lot was once home to

Just last month, we took you to the corner of 41st & Walnut at the edge of University City, where we reported that some handsome buildings would be demoed to make way for... something. We knew that developers Campus Apartments had plans for the site, but it wasn't until a

For those who might not be familiar, Philadelphia has an extensive history of Black cowboys, which was recently captured in the movie Concrete Cowboy. Perhaps you heard about Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin riding horses through Strawberry Mansion rowhouses last year as they captured the story of the Fletcher Street

On the blocks around Penn, we continue to see new, varied, and sometimes surprising examples of multi-family development. Chestnut Street alone is responsible for over 1,300 units across several blocks in the 40s, with other redevelopment slated to the east on Chestnut with a new Target coming to the front