A triangular building located at 1722 Ridge Ave. has confounded us for quite some time. A reader recently reminded us about it, and we felt compelled to try to learn what we could about the history of this little spot.

The lot upon which this building sits is created by the

As we told you about just last week, the newest OCF Cafe location is opening at 2100 Fairmount Avenue today, January 1st. The kitchen will be serving breakfast, brunch, and lunch until 4pm, to help you clear those post-party cobwebs. And some hair-of-the-dog (mixes) will be available, to boot, (if

A neighbor gave us the heads up the other day about the ongoing demolition of 728 S. 18th St., a rather attractive two-story brownstone near the Marian Anderson Baseball Field. This home was sold in a private transaction in September for $202K to a Atlantic Devs LLC.

The property, which we're

When American Sardine Bar opened on the corner of 18th & Federal a little over a year ago, it was considered a big deal by new and old Point Breeze residents alike. This neighborhood has seen more than its share of hard times in the past few decades, but has

We were heading north on 18th Street the other day and noticed that the street now reduces to a single lane as you go north of Vine. The reason, site preparation has begun for the coming Mormon Temple, which will eventually replace two huge parking lots that overlook 676.

Note the

A reader pointed out 262 E. Girard Ave. to us, home of the Philadelphia Martial Arts and Kickboxing Center, to our attention recently, as a new use in a rather old building.

This historic property was, for years, home to the Greentree Tavern and within the last decade apparently contained a

Dear Editors of the Philadelphia Daily News,

Jan Ransom’s December 20th, 2012 story titled “Housing plan sparks debate in Point Breeze” contains so many factual errors that only one of two disappointing possibilities can be true.  Either the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority is engaging in a systematic campaign of misinformation or they simply have no idea

As we've told you numerous times over the past year, MM Partners is a driving force behind the development activity in the Brewerytown neighborhood. And in 2013, they will continue to play the same role. We told you about one of their 2013 projects, Cambridge Row, just the other day.

One of the most appealing off the main thoroughfare neighborhood parks we’ve encountered in a while, sits in West Philly at the corner of 48th and Chester streets, locked up and largely unused.

Squirrel Hill Falls Park was envisioned by local artist Danielle Rousseau Hunter. It’s a cozy forest-like corner pocket

No doubt, the Graduate Hospital neighborhood has experienced some serious changes over the past decade plus. A useful, though slightly dated report from the Fels Institute effectively quantifies these changes in shocking terms. Back in 1998, the neighborhood contained 553 vacant houses. By 2008, there were a mere 49 vacant houses