Mitchell & Ness, local manufacturers of awesome vintage jerseys, was located at 1318 Chesnut St. for years before moving to their current location at 1201 Chestnut St. The former location looks kind of rough at the moment, with plywood covering the storefront. According to sources at Samson Asset Management, the

We've known about upcoming construction on Green St., between Philip and American Sts. in Northern Liberties, for months now, and have been checking in from time to time to see whether any work has started. Here's a shot of the lots in question toward the end of July:

The lots appeared,

618 South St. was recently granted a zoning variance that will transform it from the eye-catching glowing lemon-lime colored former 6th St. Mini-Market to a take out/dine in Chinese restaurant. As we noted a few weeks ago, the 600 block of South St. is full of vacancies, and it looks

A common element in Philadelphia row house architecture is the bay window, the often rectangular butt-out from the front of homes, adding more space and light to interior rooms. Though these arguments likely occurred a hundred years ago as well, the explosion of home construction and renovation in the last

It's hard to believe, but from 1908-1911, Fairmount Park hosted the Quaker City Motor Club 200-Mile Race, a short-lived race car event. In this contest, primitive automobiles repeatedly raced around an 8 mile loop of public roads for two-hundred miles, with the distinguished winner receiving the Founders' Week Cup.

In 1908,

A few months ago, South St. stalwart Gennaro's Pizza moved from 1200 South St., to a new location at the corner of Bainbridge and Clarion Sts. The move to their new location, the former home of the King of Clubs, among other short-lived concepts in recent years, seems like a

On the northwest corner of 9th and Catharine Sts. once stood a retail market owned by the Alioto family, which specialized in imported olive oil, with the brand name Alto. The photo below is from 1954.

The Aliotos were out of the building in the decades that followed, and in the

If you're like us, you ride your bike around town and stare death in the face on a regular basis thanks to drivers who aren't necessarily on board with sharing the road. If you're tired of fighting for your piece of the street, Sunday is your day to take it

You know what really classes up a mostly residential neighborhood? If you guessed a gas station, then you're absolutely right, provided we're talking about 1969.

That's right, it's a Getty station on the northeast corner of 21st and Lombard Sts.! And check it out! Thirty-five cent gas! What a deal!

Oh wait,

On the south side of the 4100 block of Chestnut St. is a warehouse building that has been occupied by Graphics Arts Inc. for decades. With the family-owned printing company's recent merger with Smith-Edwards-Dunlap Company, they've moved their manufacturing facility to Port Richmond and sold their West Philly building to