At the risk of sounding redundant, we’ve got two Francisville updates for you regarding two projects close enough to one another for any high-school starting third basemen to heave a ball between the two.

The first, is 1900 Poplar Street, a project from TBM Group. What was last summer a large stone

For over a year, we've been keeping you abreast of developments at 2101 Christian St., one of the most outstanding and thoughtful rehabs we've seen in quite awhile. Since last April (as in 2011), the buzz has been that the owners and renovators of the property would be opening and

A reader checked in the other day, wondering about Cherry Street West, a large development that was once proposed for a surface parking lot at 23rd & Cherry. The sign on the site is faded and graffitied, and our first guess was that the project was probably dead.

As you might

You may remember last week, when we profiled a couple of former cinemas on Chestnut Street which have been turned into retail stores. In the heyday of moving picture houses, there were over fifty that were scattered across Center City, with concentrations on Chestnut and Market Streets. But as the

University City keeps getting greener and greener. Just a couple of weeks after we reported on the groundbreaking of Spruce Street Plaza, the University of Pennsylvania dedicated Shoemaker Green, an $8.5 million makeover of a plot on 33rd Street between Spruce and Walnut, just down the block.

Penn students, faculty and staff flocked

In the past, we've covered renovation projects at a couple of playgrounds in Philly, including Dickinson Square Park, Roberto Clemente, and Comegys Elementary. This month, another playground project is taking place, this time at Seger Playground, located at 1020 Lombard St., in the Wash West neighborhood.

About a week ago, construction began

Recently, we've been all over various happenings on South Street West, including numerous new restaurants and a couple of significant mixed-use projects. But what of South Street East, the place where the Orlons taught us that "all the hippies meet?" Sure, we've seen this and that going on east of

According to Grub Street, Ramen Bar officially opened for business two weeks ago. Located at 4040 Locust St. in University City, the new restaurant provides locals and Penn students with yet another dining option—this time in the form of delicious noodles.

For the past few years, Locust Moon Comics called this space home. The comic

We were driving through the neighborhood the other day, and spotted a 'For Sale' sign next to a parking lot at the corner of Berks & Moyer. We weren't sure whether the parking lot was for sale, the buildings next door, or everything together, so we decided to do a

You may recall, we told you last month that the Royal Theater, the historic but long-vacant theater on South Street West, was for sale. Recently, we heard rumblings that the property is under contract for more than we would have expected. It seems like a pretty penny for about 11,000