Back in April, Spruce Hill Community Association President Barry Grossbach told us “the last chapter has yet to be written,” after the ZBA denied a Wine and Spirits application for a location in the strip mall located at 43rd and Chestnut Streets in University City.

Before the decision members of the SHCA drafted a

The other day, while perusing the Inquirer, we read about a new promotion at Sugarhouse: Sugarbeach. Today, we had a chance to check it out and if nothing else we'll give credit to the Sugarhouse people for trying to think a little outside the box.

You may recall that back in

A reader gave us the heads up that a hole had appeared on Wharton Street in Pennsport, directly behind four newish construction homes. When we made our way over to 1301 S. Philip St., we noticed that the forms were already in place, indicating that foundations would be getting poured

In January, Michael Loonstyn of MJL Properties (the guy who did the condo conversion of the Calvary Church) went before the ZBA requesting a number of variances for 831-53 N 19th St., just south of the bustling corner of 19th & Poplar. The large development will include, as we read the

To reduce water impairments caused by stormwater runoff, the EPA developed the Clean Water Act: Stormwater Strategy Summary of 2008 – 2010.

To comply with these regulations, the Philadelphia Water Department has drafted Green City, Clean Waters. It’s a 25-year plan with a goal aimed at reducing the amount of pollutants in our

Last summer, we told you about Hawthorne Park, the new public green space planned for Hawthorne, right in the middle of 245 new homes built in the last decade. In case you're unfamiliar with the history of the immediate area, PHA built towers here in 1960 that contained about 600

It seems no corner of Philadelphia is safe from the blight of bandit signs, which are plastered on utility poles and chain link fences across the city. From “Cash for Diabetic Test Strips” to “Junk Cars” to “Moonbounce Rentals,” these illegal advertisements keep appearing without consequences from the authorities.

The law

Members of the Fairmount Civic Association are focused on bringing traditional corner commercial spots back to the neighborhood streets both on and away from Fairmount Avenue, the main thoroughfare for the neighborhood.

And while this project, located at the corner of 26th and Poplar Streets, across from Lazo’s Pizza, should it matriculate, remains situated in

The affordable housing homeownership development on the 1700 block of Federal Street, which we've told you about in the past, is nearing the finish line. Built by Community Ventures and funded with NSP2 dollars, these homes, like many affordable housing developments started in this neighborhood in the past year, look

Way back around last Thanksgiving, we told you about plans to covert the former Saint Charles Borromeo school building on the 2000 block of Montrose Street into twenty rental apartments. Here's a look at the building, from back then:

In recent weeks, carpenters have been busy at this site, framing the