Back in May, we broke the news about Kaleidoscope, a new boutique coming to the former Matthew Izzo space at 151 N. 3rd St.  We hadn't been able to uncover many clues about the new spot, and none of our sources really knew what kind of place it was going to

Philadelphia, along with nearly two-hundred other cities, will participate in Park(ing) Day today. Celebrated annually since 2005 in cities all over the world, Park(ing) Day participants repurpose metered parking spaces for a day, turning them into public spaces. Now in its fourth year in Philadelphia, local artists, architects, designers, and

A reader tipped us off that a couple of buildings are currently being torn on the south side of Fairmount Ave., just west of 16th St. We went to check it out and found that two row homes that didn't look very well maintained are indeed being demo'ed by a

As we mentioned a few months back, Brewerytown Living, the brainchild of the folks at MM Partners, is an online community that helps spread awareness about and build community in the Brewerytown neighborhood. Their next event, the Connie Mack Classic Wiffle Ball Tournament, will take place tomorrow at 1pm at

We got a tip from a reader that the former laundromat on the southwestern corner of 16th and Federal Sts. is currently under construction. We went down to the site and saw a decent looking building with one gentleman working on the commercial space.

The property looks significantly better than it

On the south side of the 1100 block of Carpenter St., you might notice 1116 Carpenter, a somewhat out of place first story of a row home, with what looks like a new facade and new windows as well. Upon closer inspection, however...

The property is owned by Fabian and Maria

Why is Kelly Drive a well-maintained, boast-worthy road and trail, and Ridge Avenue a dilapidated, run-down street that's full of litter and whose highest purpose could be that it's part of the route for the 61 bus?

The condition of Ridge Ave. really irked Josh Goodsell, founder and director of the Philadelphia

Hot Potato Cafe, whose slogan was "Where Philly Comes to Eat Potatoes!," was best known for being featured on Gordon Ramsey's show, Kitchen Nightmares, in January 2009, only to shut their doors less than two years later.

A liquor license application was spotted their old space this week at 529 E. Girard

The former Poor Clare's monastery at Corinthian St. and Girard Ave. has been vacant since the nuns moved to the burbs in 1977 (perhaps in search of lower taxes and better schools?). The current owner, 2012 W. Girard Associates, purchased the buildings in 2005 and initially proposed converting the buildings

Isabel BYOB will be coming very soon to one of the commercial spaces at the base of 2601 Pennsylvania Ave. The building, which is also home to a few other businesses and includes luxury condominiums, will be getting the new BYOB spot in place of a coffee shop that once