In West Poplar

The block bounded by 10th, 11th, Fairmount, and Melon Streets in West Poplar has an interesting past, despite its somewhat glum recent history. Once upon a time, the Lorraine Theater stood on this block, created from a combination of an old stable and a private home. The theater was built

After stopping by a still-snowy 20-unit project that is making its mark along North Broad, we couldn't help but peer south past the Stable Lofts (we still miss Clementine's along the ground floor) where another project is slowly making its way forward. Formerly a one-story building and parking lot for

It sure seems like Broad Street has had a bit of magnetism to it lately, on both ends of the thoroughfare. And today, we are once again drawn back to a familiar corner, where The McDermott at 695 N. Broad St. is literally rounding into form. This 20-unit apartment building

When we were checking out the site of a 40-or-so unit proposal along N. Broad St. the other day, we couldn't help but notice a burst of Kelly green in the background of another property we were scoping out. We decided to make our way over to 1309 Cambridge St.,

One of the busiest spots for development in the entire city is the Broad & Girard Ave. intersection, once famous for the majestic Majestic Hotel. But times have changed a couple times since those days. Today, former low-rise retail is being traded out for a trio of mixed-use projects on

It wasn't so long ago that 741 Spring Garden St. was a rather forgettable, fenced-in surface parking lot. But developers Arts + Crafts Holdings, who have converted a number of historic properties in the area, had big plans for the site. Proposed here was 146 units over some ground floor

After stopping by a mysterious property at 8th & Girard the other day, we couldn't help but make our way further down 8th St. to 900-18 N. 8th St. to see what we could see. Happily, what we saw was exactly what we had hoped, as construction is now full

Not to toot our own horn (Warning: toot toot!), but there are not many sizable properties in Greater Center City that we haven't visited over the years. But lo! As we were making our way about town, we found ourselves at the large, fenced-off property at 730 W. Girard Ave.,

After all of our recent visits to the area, there couldn't possibly be more development in progress along lower North Broad Street, could there? Oh, there most certainly is, this time at 813 N. Broad St., at the corner of Broad & Parrish. We checked out this former gas station

Don't you love an acute corner? They don't happen too often in our grid-heavy city, but certain avenues (Passyunk, Germantown, Frankford, Lancaster, etc.) create some pointy lots that lead to some wonderfully unique buildings. Ridge Ave. is one such street, winding its way NW across the city from its Wood