Back in February, we gave you the heads up about a Starbucks moving to 18th and Spruce Sts., filling a vacant commercial space and forcing out the non-specifically named "Cleaners."

Over the past few weeks, the space has been gutted, and the dry cleaners has moved across the street, into a

The other day, we told you about a neat program from the Passyunk Square Civic Association to address blight in the neighborhood. One of the properties featured in that post, 923 Federal St., sparked an email from a reader, wondering about the property. We did a little digging and, unfortunately,

According to the Philadelphia Business Journal, two Center City buildings will be repurposed into a 150 room Hotel Indigo. The Bailey building at 1218 Chestnut St. and the Biddle building at 1217 Sansom St. combine for about 140K interior sqft that will soon be used for a higher purpose than middling

A reader asked us if we knew the scoop about Divan Mediterranean Grill, which opened at 622 S 6th St. earlier this week. The restaurant, which replaces the long-shuttered Shouk, has a nearly identical name and logo to Divan Turkish Kitchen, the recently closed spot at 22nd and Carpenter Sts., in the Graduate Hospital

In January, we told you about changes coming to two churches in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood- upcoming demolition for Mt. Olive AME church at 19th and Fitzwater Sts., and adaptive reuse for Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church, at Fitzwater St. and Grays Ferry Ave.

At the SOSNA zoning meeting earlier this week, the developers for

Back in February, OCF Holdings presented two projects to the ZBA which garnered both significant support and opposition. First, the developer presented a mixed-use development at the corner of Point Breeze & Titan, with thirteen residential units and a pharmacy on the first floor. After three hours of discussion, they

Biking around over the weekend, we almost fell over when we saw this: a floating cornice!

In December, Todd Kent purchased 2036 Carpenter St., a home described in the listing as a place that "needs TLC." Rather than simply applying a little TLC, Kent has opted to rehab the entire home,

We've heard rumblings about Weccacoe Flats for months now, but only yesterday did we happen upon the future location of this neat development. 817-19 S. 5th St., just around the corner from the soon-to-be-made-over Weccacoe Playground, currently consists of two fairly standard Queen Village 2.5 story homes that look like

A reader gave us the heads up about an ongoing renovation at 2345 E Cumberland St., a huge house just a few doors down from the excellent Memphis Taproom.

Developer BMK Properties purchased this property in January from the City of Philadelphia, through the Public Property Listings we've told you about

The folks in Passyunk Square are chasing an interesting goal in 2012: proactively dealing with blight in an organized fashion.

Members of the Passyunk Sqaure Civic Association (PSCA) are asking people who, if they’re in the PSCA area—that’s bordered by Washington Avenue and Tasker Street on the north and south, and by 6th