Every Philadelphian remembers the famous scene in Rocky, where the Italian Stallion runs through the Italian Market while training for the big fight with Apollo Creed. The market and its surroundings have changed some in the past twenty-five years, with the addition of several taquerias on 9th Street and the

The other day, we told you about what we imagined would be a very large single family home coming to the corner of 16th and Green Streets. Today, we have some new information on what we now know is one of the largest new row homes we've heard about in

The Philly school system has been underfunded for years. In Queen Village, neighbors are parlaying the power of organizing and civic groups to provide 30 students access to summer school they need but would have been refused due to cuts in the Philadelphia School District (PSD) budget. This year, citywide summer school programs have been

A couple of months ago, when we told you about the opening of the still delicious HipCityVeg, we lamented that the plans for a Crumbs Bake Shop on 18th Street had apparently fallen through. You may recall, we initially told you last summer that Crumbs intended to take over 133

While the days of the Half Lord of the Fishes pose are over at 4916 Baltimore Ave. in West Philly, another neighborhood store will soon occupy the former Wake Up Yoga location.

Employees announced their intentions to leave the site this spring due to a decrease in students. Perhaps the existence of two Yoga studios within four blocks of

A vacant, 5,000+ sqft lot immediately next door to Prohibition Taproom looks like it won't be vacant for much longer. Under contract at an asking price of $425K, a zoning application for 1241 Buttonwood St. is being heard today by the ZBA.

According to the application, developer Carmel Developments intends to

According to a zoning application that went before the ZBA yesterday, three duplexes should soon be on the way for 1834-38 Poplar St., in Francisville. These three lots, which have been vacant for some time, were acquired by developer Mark Adams (not to be confused with Adams Mark) over the

As we were walking over to Quick Fixx the other night for some quick but delicious dinner, we noticed some new signage at 1609 South St., most recently home of Pumpkin Market. You may recall, this business moved across the street to 1610 South St. a couple of years ago,

A reader asked us if we'd heard anything about the newish hole at 1538 Green St., on the corner of 16th & Green. This lot has been used as a surface parking lot for at least the last decade. Does anyone remember when there was a building here?

As of a

Early in the twentieth century, South 4th Street existed as the commercial center of Philadelphia’s Jewish community. In the 1920s, City Hall issued pushcart permits thus laying the groundwork for what would later be known as Fabric Row. In its heyday, as many as 500 people made their living as a