In Francisville, a sharp spike in real estate development has triggered displacement and a shift in demographics. But Larry Kane, a longtime resident and fixture of the neighborhood, isn’t going anywhere. Richelle Kota introduces us to one of North Philly’s most beloved residents

Contributor Hilary Jay dives deep into the evolution and politics of contemporary row house design with Interface Studio Architects

1930s-era Art Deco auto showroom at 15th and Fairmount Avenue is bound for the Philadelphia Register after Historical Commission approves nomination

Developer Eric Blumenfeld quietly purchased the Metropolitan Opera House in February, and work began on part of the auditorium in late summer

Beginning in the 1850s, farmer organizations and the city began erecting market buildings to replace ramshackle market sheds. One of them survives in Francisville. The Shadow, of course, has the story

On a triangular parcel of William Penn’s old vineyard now seeing townhouse construction, Harry K unveils lost industrial history: the story of Philadelphia’s Swiss-born pocket watch case king

Francisville neighborhood group pushes to save the facade of the church in the Monastery of St. Clare.

A photo essay documenting the interior of the Monastery of St. Clare in Francisville before nearly all of it was torn down last week