We got an email from a helpful reader the other day, with some interesting news for a rough-looking building on Girard Avenue. Across the street from a BP station, 527 W. Girard Ave. has clearly seen better days. Home to a theatre of some kind in the past, and before

A press release recently crossed our virtual desk, with a big Northern Liberties project that we somehow missed previously. Penn Herb Co., a store that specializes in herbal remedies (as the name suggests), has done business out of 603 N 2nd St. for generations. In the very near future, they

A reader checked in the other day, giving us the heads up about an ongoing renovation at 815 S. 21st St., in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood. As recently as just a few months ago, this property looked, well, a little ugly.

Now, it's true that vinyl siding and fiberglass awnings are

The other night, at the monthly South Philadelphia H.O.M.E.S. zoning meeting, developers presented a proposal for two duplexes at 1256-58 S. 20th St., the northwest corner of 20th & Wharton. Looking at the corner currently, you see a large vacant lot. This project will only fill about half of this

About four years ago, neighbors contacted Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell’s office about an abandoned home located at 1124 S. 48th St. that was almost falling down, according to abutting neighbor Jessica Roemer. After a number of conversations back and forth, and at the urging of the Councilwoman's office, L&I demolished the blighted and

Cyclists will soon have improved access from Center City to Cobbs Creek via a new buffered left hand bike lane that will run from 22nd to 63rd Streets along Walnut. Look for it to be paved by early fall.

If you’re heading west out of Center City over the Walnut Street

A reader emailed us the other day about a blighted vacant lot near their home that's been giving them a headache for quite awhile. 1000 S Cleveland St., located in the middle of the 1800 block of Carpenter, seems ripe for redevelopment. Unfortunately, it's an overgrown lot that's somehow missing

Uncle’s Bar has remained virtually unchanged in its 25 years of business at Locust & Camac  – until now. Steve Carlino, Uncle’s Owner and Principal at the Tavern Group (owners of Tavern on Camac and Terra Restaurant/Ascend Lounge), put in the order this summer to commence renovations at this space, which

Rumor has it that Trader Joe's at 22nd & Market will be expanding in the near future.

The other day, a talkative cashier was impressing a patron not only with his knowledge of the best Trader Gioto products, but also with information about plans to enlarge the size of the store

Though Rittenhouse Square Park is only a block and a half wide, the street "Rittenhouse Square" runs all the way from 17th Street to 21st Street (and also, strangely, between 22nd and 23rd Streets).

As you can imagine with such a ritzy location, the homes on Rittenhouse Square are some of