Months ago, we mentioned a zoning hearing for Ali Tifrani, who intends open a take-out restaurant in the former Dairy Queen location at 514 South St. We're now hearing that the space will (eventually) contain the first downtown location for the New York Bagel Cafe & Deli, which currently has

Penn Park, the new $46.5M outdoor space located between railroad tracks and railroad tracks on the eastern end of Penn's campus, officially opened last week to much fanfare. The park, covering 24 acres and designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, contains play areas for both formal, organized sport, and informal

We got a tip from a reader about a newly poured foundation on the 2000 block of Ellsworth, and we discovered said foundation at 2040 Ellsworth St.

The builder, Quaker City Properties LLC, is out of New Jersey and also has a couple of other properties in Pennsport. They purchased the

The Sesquicentennial International Exposition (insert Waiting for Guffman reference here) was sort of the sequel to the highly lauded Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Compared to the original, this world's fair was rather pathetic. The turnout was poor, the weather was worse, and by the end, it was considered a complete

Last week, 922 S. 20th St. was purchased by May, the person who opened May's Cafe at 1847 Christian St. a couple of years ago. From what we understand, she plans to renovate the building and open a new cafe in the first floor space, serving breakfast foods, coffee, and

The last time we checked in with the South Philly Food Co-op, they were just getting off the ground with a neighborhood community forum and surveys. Now they're incorporated and are hosting various events throughout South Philly to raise awareness and raise funds for the initiative, and trying to get

We're not sure why we were at 6th and Poplar Sts. yesterday (but we assure you it had nothing to do with an obsession with the pastries at nearby Kaplan's), but while we were passing by, we noticed some serious construction going on halfway down the block.

We spotted four fairly

As you probably already noticed, the Center City Italian Bistro closed back in May. According to a post on Foobooz from a few months back, the plan for the space is for an art studio as well as Terra Hall, a dining hall for UArts students that will not be

Our friends at Brewerytown Living gave us the heads up about a new construction project going up at 31st and Baltz Sts. in Brewerytown. The foundation has been poured and things seem to be moving along.

The developer, Steph-Sin Development, has done a couple of other houses on this block and

Located on the northeast corner of 11th and Montrose Sts., the former home of the South Philadelphia State Bank is a total mystery to us.

The building itself is pretty large, sitting on a lot that covers over 2,600 sqft, with 31' of frontage on 11th st. We haven't been able