Our memory is a little fuzzy on the subject, but when we got our first veggie chicken cheesesteak at Govinda's back in 2001, we're pretty sure they were located in the storefront at 1408 South St., next door to their current location on the corner of Broad & South. We

Dashing through Francisville yesterday, we came upon a new foundation at 908 N. 16th St., next door to four relatively new quadplexes. Those buildings, which we last updated you on about a year ago when they were still being framed out, are almost definitely rentals and likely home to young

It's been over five years, but now Phase II of the long envisioned Duck Flats project in Northern Liberties is finally approaching the building stage.The original renderingBack in December, the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association offered its support for Phase II of the project, which will include 13 units instead of the

For over a decade, the Boyd Theater has sat vacant and blighted on the 1900 block of Chestnut Street. Since it was last in active use in 2002, several possible plans have come and gone for this deco beauty, but all have fallen by the wayside for one reason or

A couple of years ago, we first brought you the news that Congregation Rodeph Shalom at 615 N. Broad St. would be expanding to the south with a new building, designed by KieranTimberlake. It's amazing to look back at that post, and realize that it came on the heels of the completion of the renovation

We passed by the still-waiting-to-be-developed Divine Lorraine today, and saw some graffiti that we had never noticed on one of the buildings behind the blighted beauty.Is this new?We don't know how they did thisWe're no experts when it comes to painting buildings that don't belong to us, but we have

Back in December, we passed by Walnut Square, a mixed-use historic building on the northeast corner of 22nd & Walnut, and spotted somebody power-washing the bricks.Back in DecemberGoing by the other day, we noticed that the power-washing was finished and its results were very apparent.Recent viewThe bricks on the second

Around town, there are dozens of buildings that have become favorites of ours over the years. One such structure can be found at the northeast corner of 7th & Fitzwater.The buildingToday, its home to Bella Organic Cleaners. But when it was first built in 1893, it was home to the

Earlier this month, Shaban Kabab & Curry joined the retail sector in West Philly at 4125 Chestnut St., pretty much across the street from the new triplex that we told you about earlier this week. Previously, Philly’s Best Pizza was located here.Was a pizza placeClose to this new eatery are

Over two years ago, we first brought two blighted buildings at the corner of 6th & Lombard to your attention. We explained that the two buildings were owned by Mother Bethel AME Church, a long-established congregation across the street. At the time, we hoped that the church would either fix up