We've covered vacant commercial spaces on South Street ad nauseum, and today we have a spot of good news regarding a space we've never even brought to your attention. The northeast corner of 2nd and South Sts., just a block south of the Shambles, has been empty for years. Honestly,

Last fall, we reported the upscale sandwich shop/deli Carter’s Deli  at 2222 Brown St. in Fairmount was a go, despite some neighbors’ efforts to block the shop.

The deli has yet to materialize, and all we see are signs in the window for JBS Renovations Painting and Remodeling. What gives?

Turns out about two months ago

Rosa Court, a seventeen home development on the 1300 block of Federal St., has always mystified us. Built about five years ago and designed by Landmark Architectural Design, these homes stick out big-time in an area that has relatively little one-off new construction activity, let alone new developments of this

Beginning Friday, May 11, the Shambles at Headhouse Square will be a regular host to an exciting gathering of regional vendors. Locally grown and handmade goods from food purveyors, craftsmen and artisans will be sold in the historic open air market every Friday evening from 3 – 9pm, with live

The Spak Group is working on transforming a 15-year blighted home, known around the neighborhood as the dump house, into a three-unit market-rate treat. The property in question, 629 S. 49th St., is located less than a block north of Baltimore Avenue. You could almost shout hello to folks entering

A reader gave us the heads up about a recent demolition at 942 N 2nd St., a dilapidated building that we've wondered about for years. According to Phillyhistory.org, this building was originally the storefront for the Laurel Meat Packing Plant. In more recent years, it was apparently a home wares

A reader checked in with us, asking if we had the lowdown about 1214 Chestnut St., a vacant commercial space that's just two doors down from the planned Hotel Indigo. You may (or may not) recall that last February, we told you about a planned restaurant for this location, designed

The old West Philadelphia High School at 4700 Walnut St. represents a serious development opportunity in West Philly in the same area as a few other interesting projects. It was put on the market this winter via an RFQ with a $6.5M price tag (through Concordis Real Estate Advisors) by the Philadelphia School district as part of its Master Facilities Plan,

Ridge Avenue begins (or ends) around the intersection of 9th and Vine Sts., in the Loft District and a stone's throw away from the Reading Viaduct. Our favorite route to Roxborough, it meanders in a northwestern direction, through Francisville, North Central, Strawberry Mansion, and East Falls, before continuing on for

A new restaurant and bar, what sort we have yet to discover, is coming to 1822 Spring Garden St., perhaps by mid-summer.

The Logan Square Neighborhood Association voted not to oppose applicants seeking permits for a new eat-in restaurant at the site. A neighborhood development agreement (NDA) evolved out of the process because this application