Changing Skyline: Delightful pier park brings hope to waterfront

Highlights include parking for five, a newer French drain, and a revamped backyard.

I learned all sorts of tips, tricks, and strategies reporting "How I Bought This House." Unfortunately, I didn't use any of them.

The property has recently been used as a residence and studio for artist Ray Bartkus, with some space on lower floors rented out to short-term guests.

Devin and Taylor Lashbrook started feeling desperate in their 2020 house hunt. Then they saw the 19th-century farmhouse that would become their home.

The home has several recent updates, include a basement waterproofing and new appliances, that add to its appeal.

Garden designer Nate Reuther revived his Doylestown property, renovating the house, landscaping from scratch, and adding a tiny home.

The house has two bedrooms with a Jack-and-Jill bathroom between them, and an unfinished basement for storage.

Shawn Hagan retired as a city cop in 2024. Since then, his home-improvement company has racked up fraud charges in three counties. One family allegedly lost $100,000 and is still displaced.

Charlotte Burns brought her planting prowess to Fairmount’s Centennial Boulevard, known for its cherry trees and rowhouse gardens.

The house has four bedrooms and multiple bonus spaces.

Fernbank Farm features a roughly 1,500-bottle wine cellar and tasting room, a spa, and a heated saltwater pool.

Mita is ready to spend another $200 million on a resort proposed for the closed Wonderland Pier in Ocean City. And he has his sights on two other potential hotels.

Laura White’s gardening knowledge came from childhood memories and neighborly advice. She now cares for colorful blooms all around her Merion Station home.

Adding some shade can make outdoor space into a usable living area. Options abound at a range of price points.

The house in Montgomery County's Colonial School District has a fenced yard and a garage.

The Pannepacker family’s beach cottage has lots of surfboards, but no Wi-Fi. It’s a retreat long in the making.

One selling point: walking distance to Wawa.

Some people are sinking hundreds of thousands of dollars into outdoor entertainment centers. Others simply grab an iPad and a chair.

Fred and Barbara Zucker enjoy living in their apartment in Cherry Hill’s Plaza Grande and getting to know the neighbors.

See upcoming events such as free events, concerts, fairs, festivals, markets, and other entertainment.

The Phillies will pin their hopes to Sánchez in Game 2, but the conundrum of how to get the last three, six, or more outs from a few trustworthy options again awaits Don Mattingly.

Donnie Baseball, beset by a flawed roster and poor bullpen asked his closer for too much and starter Jesus Luzardo for too little in a Game 1 collapse that recalled the days of Rob Thomson.

Nurse described the Sixers' first practice as intense and defense-focused, with LeBron James serving as a "example-setter" and Joel Embiid participating in full.

A group of 340 Haverford, Swarthmore, and Bryn Mawr alumni and students warned that the settlement reached earlier this month would "abrogate the rights of all Haverford community members."

So just how far back do Kruk and Queen Latifah go? Also, the broadcasters seemingly reverse-jinxed J.T. Realmuto ... and Austin Riley.