At Front & Girard, in a former KFC that looks like it was once on fire, a 7-11 will soon welcome customers with slurpees and weird hot dog varieties.

It's perhaps not the most intuitive addition to this area, which is seeing tremendous residential and retail development from local builders and

Continuing our coverage of the boom in Francisville, we've spotted a new foundation on the way at 812-14 N. 15th St.

According to the zoning application, the developer is consolidating two lots into one large six-family home with no parking. Though we don't know what the new building will look like,

As we've mentioned in the past, the Philadelphia Department of Public Property is selling off a small number of individual lots and vacant buildings owned by different city departments. One such lot, 1121 Catharine St., was purchased about a year ago for $65,100 by Metro Titan Acquisitions.

The lot had some

The Center for Art in Wood, formerly known as the Wood Turning Center, has relocated to the former Old City Iron Works Gym space at 141 N. 3rd St.

Opening was originally slated for this Friday, but construction has pushed the opening back a week, which we don't mind because it'll be

A former seafood warehouse at 1424 Fairmount Ave. is being transformed by a developer who will be turning the building into thirty apartments with car and bicycle parking.

The zoning application states that the developer will be adding three stories onto the existing building, which has a footprint of nearly 10K

Many locals were pretty upset when South Street institution Pinky's at 1824 South St. closed a few months back. Though the space was getting creaky, the breakfast offerings remained a popular and affordable choice for both neighborhood residents and employees at Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse across the street. We've seen

Around the corner from the new and chic Arrow Swim Club, a project that's been stalled for five years seems to have some new wheels.

Last month, developers presented their plans for the construction of 20 homes with 20 parking spots at 1102 Hope Street to the members of the Northern

For years, we've seen older gentlemen sitting outside at cafe tables at 1501 S. 12th St., at the corner of 12th and Dickinson Sts., playing cards, hanging out, and speaking Italian. Though this area has become more vibrant in recent years with the revival of Passyunk Ave. and the ever-more-crowded

While millions of shad that once swam through the Delaware River off the banks of Fishtown have been killed off by American industry among other things, Fishtown is faring quite well these days, thank you very much, in terms of neighborhood revitalization. While the development of Frankford Ave. north of

We've heard a couple of different rumblings about businesses on the 1500 block of South St. in recent days, and thought we would pass 'em along.

According to Foobooz, Tritone is on the outs. After significant renovations, the folks from Hawthorne's in Bella Vista will be taking over the space, introducing