Yikes, Inc. was founded in 1996 and had been operating out of rented office space in Northern Liberties since 2001. Over the past few years, owners Mia and Tracy Levesque had been thinking about buying office space in the area, and last year, they found the perfect space. 204-206 E.

Though it's not our usual type of story, we thought this morning’s Occupy Philly gathering at City Hall was the sort of representation of community solidarity that we look for here at Naked Philly, whether we agree with the protestors or not.

A group of a few hundred people ranging in

In honor of tonight's grand opening ceremony for the Race Street Connector, we figured we'd head over and see what progress has been made at making the hundred yard walk under I-95 feel less like a hundred yard walk under I-95. For those who don't know what we're talking about,

As recently as June, an empty though potentially-charming church stood at 19th and Poplar Sts. Over the summer it was razed, and now a vacant lot bids hello to passersby in Francisville.

Construction on six homes will begin at the site as early as the end of this year, according to

And he's paying for it with Promise Neighborhood grant money?

Okay, we made that last part up.

And the title of this post is pure speculation based on rumors.

<The lawyers say we can now continue>

Here's what we know: Over the past couple of weeks, crews have torn down four and a half

A space that we fondly remember as Circa and/or the Sharper Image is currently available for lease, and is being listed by the Michael Salove Company. Located at 1518 Walnut St. in the Rothenberg Building (or Merlin Tower), this space is very desirable for any high end retailer or restauranteur

Until the listing was removed a couple of months ago, the huge red building at 1406 Fairmount Ave. was on the market, listed for $1.4M. Most recently an Apostolic church, the building is 56' wide by 115' deep, and the interior square footage is about 20K.

While it seems that no

Poring over the zoning dockets as we often do, we noticed a complicated list of variance requests for 2313 Frankford Ave., and quickly realized we were on to something huge. Pizza Brain, the planned concept for this space, has been getting quite a bit of buzz this year, and deservedly

According to the Philadelphia Business Journal, the former Please Touch Museum site at 21st and Race Sts. was purchased last week by Isen Trust. According to the brief article, the buyer's plan is to turn the enormous building into an art gallery and store.

According to a source at Binswanger, the

We've gotten numerous emails about 1318 South St., a double-wide building currently under construction that looks different from just about every other building in the neighborhood.

The developers, Michael and Mario Carosella, own C&R Building Supply, and have gotten some (virtual) ink on our site for their upcoming project at 18th and