The Center City Whole Foods located in Logan Square is evolving, so much so that this month the Whole Foods folks scheduled a meeting with members of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA) and local residents to discuss constructing a surface-level parking lot for 54 cars.

Whole Foods leases their building from Sheldon Stein, a gentleman who has leased the air rights above the

Readers have tipped us off about more construction in Point Breeze, all within earshot of the American Sardine Bar. You may recall a few weeks ago, we pointed out a couple of homes under construction directly across the street from the bar, and speculated that this new business could spark

Thus far in 2012, the folks at the University City District (UCD) have launched a string of innovative programs. There are initiatives aimed at rehabbing abandoned homes, a program to make trouble spots in the neightborhood brighter, and an effort to improve its aesthetic landscape.

Now, on behalf of the Science Center, the International House, the National Board

Ensconced in trees and spanning the entire city block between 6th and 7th Streets, on the south side of Lombard Street, is the festively colored playground and park called Starr Garden.  Entrances at the corner of 6th & Lombard open up into a cheerfully painted rec center, a jungle gym, a frequently-used basketball court

Last summer, we told you about a proposed large development at 12th and Latona Sts. where a once-handsome warehouse has become considerably less attractive over the years.

Over the past months, construction has taken place at 1216 S. 12th St., the previously vacant lot just to the south of the warehouse.

Less than a decade ago, the housing stock on the 1900 block of Kimball Street consisted of two rows of two-story homes, mostly of the severely blighted variety, as well as a decent amount of vacant land. By 2006, it was largely a blank slate, with almost every existing building

Take heed. Coming soon, a gateway—a new gateway to University City, thanks to Drexel University, that is.

Groundbreaking for Chestnut Square, a project projected to cost around $97.6M that aims to transform Chestnut St. between 32nd and 33rd Sts. into a new gateway for Drexel and University City, took place in February. Plans, which

A reader tipped us off that a new fence had gone up at Triangle Park at 601 Christian St., a place we've told you about before. When we last checked in on this triangular lot that has been transformed into a park by a dedicated group of neighbors, we'd learned

As we continue to claw our way back from the financial crisis that's weighed us down since 2008, we're encouraged when we hear about major downtown projects that indicate renewed optimism in the marketplace. The hospitality industry has been fairly stagnant over the past decade, though we've seen some recent

Across the city, civic groups are taking proactive steps toward diminishing crime and blight in their neighborhoods.

In Passyunk Square, residents are taking the blight fight into their own hands. Across town, when the folks at University City District learned through a comprehensive safety study that the area around the 46th Street El station