A few weeks ago, we wrote about Four Squared, four homes going up on the 800 block of N. 4th St. While we were over there snapping a couple of photos, we noticed the three buildings, more or less across the street, in a terrible state of disrepair. We still

Seen Top Chef but afraid you’ll never meet one of those guys? Fear not.

Tap into your hunger beast and congregate with the Olympians of Philly’s foodie scene and try your luck in a chef’s auction tonight at the FEASTIVAL, co-hosted by big-wigs Stephen Starr, Michael Solomonov and Audrey Claire Taichman,

A reader tipped us off about some work going on in the commercial space at the southeast corner of 13th and Carpenter Sts. We vaguely remember a hair salon in this space many moons ago, but it's been empty for at least the past five years. The building is certainly

Last week, 2000 North Broad LLC, the owners of 2304-2310 N Broad St., went before the ZBA to request a number of variances to develop two properties near the intersection of Broad and W Dauphin Sts., north of Temple University.

According to the application, they intend to build two new buildings

Mitchell & Ness, local manufacturers of awesome vintage jerseys, was located at 1318 Chesnut St. for years before moving to their current location at 1201 Chestnut St. The former location looks kind of rough at the moment, with plywood covering the storefront. According to sources at Samson Asset Management, the

We've known about upcoming construction on Green St., between Philip and American Sts. in Northern Liberties, for months now, and have been checking in from time to time to see whether any work has started. Here's a shot of the lots in question toward the end of July:

The lots appeared,

618 South St. was recently granted a zoning variance that will transform it from the eye-catching glowing lemon-lime colored former 6th St. Mini-Market to a take out/dine in Chinese restaurant. As we noted a few weeks ago, the 600 block of South St. is full of vacancies, and it looks

A common element in Philadelphia row house architecture is the bay window, the often rectangular butt-out from the front of homes, adding more space and light to interior rooms. Though these arguments likely occurred a hundred years ago as well, the explosion of home construction and renovation in the last

It's hard to believe, but from 1908-1911, Fairmount Park hosted the Quaker City Motor Club 200-Mile Race, a short-lived race car event. In this contest, primitive automobiles repeatedly raced around an 8 mile loop of public roads for two-hundred miles, with the distinguished winner receiving the Founders' Week Cup.

In 1908,

A few months ago, South St. stalwart Gennaro's Pizza moved from 1200 South St., to a new location at the corner of Bainbridge and Clarion Sts. The move to their new location, the former home of the King of Clubs, among other short-lived concepts in recent years, seems like a