Let's say you want to watch Casablanca tonight. First you do a search online to see what services are streaming the movie. Hopefully you have a subscription to one of them. Otherwise, you might be on the hook for $3.99 to watch this 1942 classic. Turn the clock back 25

A surface parking lot has operated at the northeast corner of 5th & Bainbridge for decades, generally targeting tourists coming to South Street. Over the years, customers of this parking lot surely visited Grendel's Lair, Zipperhead, Ripley's, Tower Records, PhilaDeli, JC Dobbs, the TLA, Johnny Rockets, Lickety Split, and the

At its peak, Rite Aid had over 1,200 locations in 15 states, with a particular focus on serving lower income communities. Now, after two bankruptcies in three years, Rite Aid is officially out of business, having closed their last two locations this week. The somewhat sudden closure of all these

If you happen to find yourself on the 3600 block of Aspen Street in Mantua, a few things might catch your attention. Perhaps you'll notice Miles Mack Recreation Center, a 2.5 acre public space that includes athletic fields and a playground that underwent a $2M renovation a few years back.

When we covered a nine-unit project slated for the location of the former Northern National Bank last week, we noted it wasn't the only project coming to the oft-overlooked Hartranft neighborhood. And indeed, a recently approved 31 unit building around the corner serves as even more evidence of a fledgling

After we told you last week about a North Philly project where apartments will replace a series of garages, today we have news of a project in West Philadelphia taking a similar approach. The City recently issued a building permit for 17 units at 239-43 Farragut St. in Walnut Hill,

Earlier this week, a fire ravaged the former Church of the Redemption at 9-17 N. 56th St. and an inspector from L&I quickly determined that building was imminently dangerous, with all sorts of problems with the roofing, walls, and the ceiling. This morning, we noticed that a demolition permit was issued

It was only last month that we covered the agreement between the City and the Frank Rizzo Monument Committee, memorializing an agreement that the large statue of the former mayor would not return to the front porch of the Municipal Service Building across from City Hall. While the years-long process

As North Philadelphia neighborhoods developed in the late 19th century, the landowners, industrialists, and home builders who turned these blocks into an interconnected web of factories and rowhomes probably weren't too concerned with how their choices would impact us today. But a recently approved project at 3428 N 18th St.

We've written a few stories this year about projects permitted at the end of 2021 which eventually needed new permits after the originals expired. For example, we told you about a senior housing project in East Germantown and a 50 unit mixed-use project near the Chelten Avenue Station, both of