Neighborhood improvements are on in the way in Queen Village, where new schoolyards will soon be built at the Meredith and Nebinger schools.

Since August, neighbors and parents of students at the Meredith School, located at 5th and Fitzwater Sts., have participated in a series of meetings designed to generate community input

Hey, ever seen this building?

You’ve probably passed by it at some point if you live in South Philly or if you like Dunkin Donuts. This unfortunate specimen, 1349 Christian St., is located just a few steps away from Broad St. and sits across the street from the High School for

As we told you a little while back, developers BILD Properties are constructing four new homes with open-air front parking spaces a little south of 7th and Bainbridge Sts., on a lot that’s been vacant for several years. We were in the neighborhood and were impressed (but not as impressed as

Waterview Grande, a new luxury property from Core Realty, is rapidly approaching the finish line at Front and Brown Sts., on the border of Northern Liberties. The converted auto storage building is the first phase of Penn Treaty Village, which we gave you the heads up about back in September.

T-Bar Teas, located at the corner of 12th and Sansom Sts. for just about five years, closed last November.

While we don’t have a whole lot of info as to why they closed, we’re guessing that the little retail business simply petered out. Widely known for delicious specialty teas and drinks,

When we last left you, the Bedford Café, a one-story café/restaurant offspring courtesy of Pub & Kitchen, was in real estate limbo. Back in March, we first reported that the owners of Pub and Kitchen had placed the corner property at 20th and Kater Sts. under contract, with plans to convert

Recently, we got tipped off that 2401 Washington Ave. has gone on the market for $2.7M. The huge, largely vacant parcel measures nearly 40K sqft, with over 200 linear feet of frontage on Washington Ave., according to the listing. The only notable feature for the lot at this time (aside

Back in December, we updated you on two projects on the 800 block of Christian St.

At the time, the project on the south side of the street was in the very early stages, basically moving dirt around. On the north side of the street (really the 800 block of Darien

Yesterday, a press release came across our desk that will send waves of excitement through the fashion-conscious-yet-won't-complain-about-a-good-deal set. The Staples at 1046 Market St. will close on February 4th, and will be replaced by a Marshall's.

While this isn't exactly as exciting as, say, a Bloomingdale's setting up shop on Market St., it's

The area between 10th and 11th Sts. on Spring Garden St. has seen quite a bit of light in the past six months. In June of last year, Llama Tooth came about in a space that's had a revolving door for past establishments. While we can't comment on the level of success