The intersection of 6th and Fitzwater Sts. was a dark one for awhile, but its been brightened up recently by a new hair salon.

The Philadelphia Hair Studio, owned by Michael Esposito, has put the finishing touches on its tasteful space at 744 S. 6th Street and is open for business.

Sephora and Blue Mercury are going to have a little more competition in the near future.

Ulta, the US beauty superstore chain, is presenting to the Center City Residents' Association tonight with plans to move into the storefront space at 1619 Walnut St. The nationwide retailer plans to create a three-story

When they walk out of the Quad and head north, freshmen at Upenn gawk at the Wistar Institute at 3601 Spruce St., wondering what goes on inside the strange building in the heart of the campus that's totally unaffiliated with the university. The Wistar Institute was founded in 1892 and has

We got a tip about some construction on the 1200 block of Mount Vernon St. in the West Poplar neighborhood, so we checked it out and snapped a couple of pictures for everybody to enjoy. Previously, 1217-19 Mt. Vernon St. were empty lots, but quite a bit of progress has

This building in the Spring Garden neighborhood was built fairly recently and it looks like nothing we've ever seen. Surrounded by rehabbed warehouses, this skinny building sits among several currently vacant lots.

The building contains two condo units. One has been on the market for more than a year, with 1500

In July, we celebrated the five-year anniversary of the announcement of a plan to construct a W hotel, plus condos, at the southwest corner of 12th and Arch Sts., across from the Convention Center and the Reading Terminal Market. If you've walked by that corner at any point in the

Don't ask us what we were doing on the Mantua/Belmont border. Whatever you might hear, we were positively not lost or confused, and we absolutely know exactly how to get to the Spring Garden bridge.

Anyways, we were around 38th and Folsom Sts., and got a weird feeling, like we had

This weekend, head to Main St. and check out the 2nd Annual Manayunk EcoArts Festival. This event will bring eco-conscious people together to highlight local green initiatives in business and the arts. Dozens of eco-friendly businesses and merchants will have booths to highlight their unique and earth-friendly approaches to what

Today, we snagged a delicious lunch at Paesano's and were reminded of a rather large empty lot in the middle of the Italian Market, just south of Carpenter St., on the east side of the street.

The address of this lot is 1009-11 S 9th St., and it's been vacant for

Months ago, we mentioned a zoning hearing for Ali Tifrani, who intends open a take-out restaurant in the former Dairy Queen location at 514 South St. We're now hearing that the space will (eventually) contain the first downtown location for the New York Bagel Cafe & Deli, which currently has