According to a zoning application we noticed last week, 1331 Frankford Ave. will be getting a new bike shop in short order. But nearby Bicycle Stable need not worry about the competition, since the new establishment will be specializing in bikes of the motorized variety.

The application indicates that the space

A reader checked in last week, wondering what's cooking at 1930 Chestnut St.

He was referring to the first floor commercial space of the Aldine Trust Company building, which was constructed in 1930 and designed by Arthur W. Hall. Perhaps not coincidentally, the original Aldine Hotel was located just down the

Developer Trebiano Group LLC will soon be transforming a vacant lot at 614-20 N American St. into seven new single-family homes. This is one (of many) sites in Philadelphia that once had grand designs, only to see them dashed by the rocky economy.

As recently as a few years ago, this parcel was

One of our readers emailed us, and asked us what we knew about the empty factory at 1201 Jackson St., in South Philly. Apparently, some work has been going on in this building, though this has stopped in recent weeks. We trekked down there this weekend to investigate.

The building was

A reader tipped us off to a zoning notice on this out-of-the-ordinary building on the corner of 18th and Wharton Sts., and we were surprised by the variances being requested.

This building, 1300 S. 18th St., was purchased a little less than a year ago by Kirk Vs Inc for $115K.

Last fall, we told you about a project at 1324 Wharton St., where a garage was being converted into three residential units.

Obviously, the developers have made considerable progress since we last checked in over here. From the looks of it, this building isn't far off from being completed. Now if

As you're probably well aware, we do plenty of galavanting around Philadelphia. In our wanderings, we spot all sorts of strange sights hither and yon. Last week, during a journey that took us to the west of Temple's campus, we spotted this:

From what we can gather, the address of this property is

When we were on our way to check out the auto garage that's turning into a bar at 9th & Passyunk, this green building caught our eye.

1301 S. 10th St. was sold at the end of 2011 for $195K. The building, which sits overlooking Capitolo Playground and ballfields, is a

Back in November, we told you about a large, eponymous project in the Spring Arts (as it's listed in the MLS TREND system) neighborhood. Or is it the West Poplar (as it so listed in the Phila2035 publications), or the Spring Garden (the name many of our readers seem to support) neighborhood?

As

PhillyCarShare, Philly's local non-profit car sharing service, recently moved their offices to 1226 Chestnut St.

After being acquired by Enterprise Holdings last summer, they wanted their new office space to be at street-level, giving more exposure to the brand, as well as offering customers a place to drop by with gas receipts and any