At the end of last year, we explained a vacant lot on the 1800 block of South Street West, giving you the heads up about two four-story triplex condo buildings in the works from Haffey Homes. As you may have noticed, these homes have gone up and have a pretty

Over the last couple of months, we've told you about two rather large projects in close proximity to one another in Francisville, and figured it would be nice to provide some updates.

One project, at the corner of 19th and Poplar Sts., involves five duplexes replacing a church that was torn down

If you’ve ever seen a driver navigating a scooter, maybe a Vespa, around town, perhaps you thought, that person looks ridiculous. Or maybe you thought, ah, they know the score.

Whatever the case, you may be soon seeing a lot more folks on scooters, especially in Queen Village or Society Hill.

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The Acme supermarket occupying the space between Passyunk, Reed, 10th & 11th Streets, is certainly a neighborhood institution.  But for nearly a century-and-a-half, this plot was occupied by an actual institution; the Moyamensing Prison.

According to the marker dedicated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission just last year, the prison was constructed in 1835

If you're any kind of regular reader of this here blog, you're keenly aware of the amount of residential new construction activity going on in Fishtown and the surrounding neighborhoods. Often, we find ourselves covering larger scale, sexier projects, like Norris Square at Norris & Trenton, or five units replacing

Last year, we told you about a confusing building under construction at 1233 S Broad St., covering up a mural of "zombie" Frank Sinatra and immediately next door to a Lukoil station. Here's a shot of the building under construction:

Three condo units have been on the market for a couple

The Social Security Administration is moving into a new building at 43rd and Market when it is completed this summer. They’ll savor the new digs until our populace’s social security benefits run out sometime around 2033, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article. Then we’ll all account for ourselves, right? Well... maybe not.

Nevertheless, we spoke

In March, we told you about plans to develop the northeast corner of 2nd and Brown Sts., which is currently a vacant lot. This project at 801 N. 2nd St., the self-proclaimed "Best Corner Left in Northern Liberties," was approved yesterday by the ZBA.

As we told you weeks ago, realtor

Spread Bagelry is expanding its business. At 269 S. 20th St., directly across the street from the current store, its owners are adding Spread Baked Goods. While the original shop offers Montreal-style bagels with spreads and sandwich fillings, the new venture will offer loose bagels, muffins and sweet baked treats. Perhaps

Philadelphia Style Magazine... home to Philadelphia’s well-heeled debutantes, its immaculately groomed beautiful people, its denizens of the finer things.  The high society print publication, founded in 1998 and reaching a circulation of roughly 70,000 readers, is headquartered on the quiet Queen Village block of League Street between Front & 2nd.

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