There's a giant lot, fenced in by cinder blocks at the corner of E Hagert & Gaul Sts. in Fishtown/Olde Richmond. The lot, which takes up nearly an acre, surely contained something at some point, but we have no idea what.

About a month ago, Hagert Square Inc purchased this lot

After their hearing at the ZBA was continued last month due to a staggering number of residents and stakeholders showing up in opposition to their project at 2400 South St., Toll Bros. has (sort of) gone back to the drawing board and revised their proposed development. Here are some images

Octopus in West Philly. Yes. It’s true. When it opens on January 14, Grill Fish Café, just off 47th and Baltimore (814 S. 47 St.) will serve up the seafood next to its sister restaurant, Vietnam Restaurant. Clams, mussels, calamari, shrimp, European sea bass, steamed, grilled- just like they do

After a brief jaunt down to Pennsport to check out the future site of Moyamensing Estates, we passed by Dickinson Square Park and saw that the long-planned park renovation had finally begun. The chain link fence has been erected around the perimeter of the park and some heavy duty construction

A couple of months ago, we told you about the four homes planned for the large, vacant lot just a little south of 7th and Bainbridge Sts., but we didn't have any visuals to provide at the time. The developer, as it turns out, is not Richard Santore as we

At Richmond St. and Girard Ave., just under I-95, a transformation from industrial to, well, multifunctional, is in the works.

An empty building located at 2200 Richmond St., the former Standard Feather Company, will be razed as part of GR1 improvements during PennDOT’s I-95 Revive Project, that stretches along our major

Brothers Ryan and Eric Berley have struck again. The pair, who transformed an erotic cake shop at Market and Letitia Sts. into Franklin Fountain, our favorite ice cream shop ever, have opened Shane Confectionary, a classic chocolate and candy shop that makes most of what they sell. In direct contrast

The corner of E. Moyamensing Ave. and Moore Sts. probably brings mummers to mind before large-scale development projects, but that's just what's on the way at this long vacant corner. A reader brought the newly installed sign for Moyamensing Estates to our attention earlier this week.

We've learned that Design Builders Associates

A reader asked us about some demolition activity they noticed on the 1800 block of South St., and we know all about this one, as it turns out. Developer Scott Haffey of Haffey Homes is constructing two four-story triplexes at 1820-1822 South St., and will attempt to sell the six

If you've lived in this town for more than a couple of years, you've probably heard of Old Original Bookbinder's. With a history that can be traced back to the 19th century, the restaurant was a presence on the 100 block of Walnut St. for over a hundred years, and