A couple of weeks back, the Philadelphia Planning Commission gave its blessing to a proposal that's been floating around for about a year now, for bro-bar Finnigan's Wake to take over little Bodine Street for the purposes of porch seating for catering customers. We've always been fond of the look

A reader gave us the heads up about 2050 and 2052 Ellsworth Street, two properties currently under construction in Point Breeze. One home is being rehabbed, while the other is new construction. Let's see what these homes looked like a couple of years ago:

As if the unfortunate new facade wasn't

If you've been to South Kensington at any point, you've probably been struck by the number of vacant lots, ripe for redevelopment. And make no mistake, developers are paying attention and several larger projects are already underway or just on the horizon. Recently, we gave you the lowdown on eighteen

If there’s any spot in Philadelphia that’s ripe for haunting, it’s the Capitolo Playground.

As we mentioned a few weeks ago in our post on the Palumbo Recreation Center, Philadelphia has a long and inglorious history of loose interpretation where the term ‘final resting place’ is concerned.  The frequently used Capitolo Playground, bound by 9th,

Since Mayor Nutter came into office, property tax fairness has been one of his pet issues. And in 2013, a mere six years after he was originally elected, the Actual Value Initiative could finally be rolled out! You would think, with so many years to plan out a strategy, his

Last fall, we mentioned the Pride of the Sea warehouse at 720 N 4th St., an eyesore across the street from Honey's Sit n' Eat. At the time, the property was still on the market for $795K, though several commenters pointed out that a deal was being worked out for

A couple of weeks ago, we told you about the soon-to-be-built playground at the Chester A. Arthur School at 20th & Catharine. A one-day playground build on June 1st was followed by about a week of detail work, and on Monday, June 11th, at 10am, a ribbon cutting ceremony will

This just in, from the shameless self-promotion department: OCF Realty is hosting a neighborhood cleanup in Point Breeze on Saturday, June 9th, at 11am, at Chew Park. But this will be no ordinary block cleanup. No, this one will feature (wait for it...) an educational component! Yes folks, before the

Last week, we dropped by the Philadelphia Eagles Playground Build, this year at Comegys Elementary in Southwest Philly. This was the 16th annual playground build from the Eagles and the Eagles Youth Partnership, a non-profit entity associated with the Eagles that serves over 50K low income children every year.

The extremely

A reader checked in, asking for some insight into why the new CVS going up at 22nd and South Streets will merely be a one-story structure. They wondered why additional density wasn't being considered for a corner that could, at the very least, handle another two stories. They were even kind