In West Philly

Bah-dah-bah-bah-bahhhh, we're loving it..."it" in this case being all of the McDonald's related development news coming out lately. Let's add the McDonald's at 3935 Walnut St. to the list now, as this low-rise building that's stood on Penn's campus for 50 some years is in store for some Super Sizing.

It isn't often when large development projects fall off our radar, but consider 4900 Spruce St. one of those that slipped between the cracks for the last few years. We neglected to mention this project, which sits nestled up against Barkan Park, when we were nearby a couple months back

West Philly has long been one of our favorite parts of the city from an architectural standpoint, and we're not alone in that opinion. The wide variety of older homes and buildings gives this part of town a character all of its own. Like we've said many times, they don't

As we made our way down Chestnut Street and through Spruce Hill after our recent West Philly excursion, even we couldn't believe the incredible amount of construction taking place. It was less than a year ago that we checked in on several projects wrapping up along this stretch at the

We were out exploring West Philly the other day and kept thinking "Philly in the '60s" as we made our way to 60th Street and beyond on our journey. While there was plenty happening in the present day as we crossed the city, we couldn't stop thinking of Arctic Records,

It would be difficult not to notice the amazing amount of construction taking place towards the western edge of University City. Numerous project of all shapes and sizes are adding hundreds upon hundreds of units along the main corridors as you head deeper into West Philly. We now know of

It's no secret that the life sciences industry in Philadelphia is absolutely exploding. In addition to the continued stream of venture capital money flooding into the region like never before, the investment into manufacturing and lab space for cutting-edge therapies is leading to a boom for real estate development, with

We may have mentioned once or a thousand times all of the life sciences development taking place in the University City section of West Philadelphia. Relevant to that line of reporting, we are excited to share that there's some major movement for 3151 Market St., a new 14-story life sciences

The properties at 4746-48 Spruce St. sit in the middle of a few converging neighborhoods, with Garden Court, Walnut Hill, and Spruce Hill mixing together along this stretch. Several blocks to the west is the busy 52nd Street corridor which we visited a few months ago. An equidistant walk to

We've brought it up over the years, but school buildings are among the hidden gems of Philadelphia architecture that can be found throughout the city. In fact, the school district had its own architect back in the day, with Irwin T. Catherine handling duties as lead architect from 1920-1937. His