A couple of days ago, the Mugshots in Manayunk closed its doors after five years. But fear not, coffee lovers! Out of the ashes of the Manayunk location, a new Mugshots will rise at a new location at 1520 Cecil C. Moore Ave., right in the middle of Temple main

We wanted to see whether Manayunk was still under water, so we headed up to Main St. to survey the damage. What we found was utter normalcy. Great news! One thing we noticed while scampering about was a For Sale sign for 3900 Main St., and upon further investigation, we

If you've been to 30th Street Station lately, you may have noticed the serious construction activity taking place in the parking area on the southern side of the station. It's been going on for months, and we didn't have a clue what was going on there... until now. Turns out

In 2008, the Please Touch Museum moved to beautiful new digs at Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park after delighting children at their location at the corner of 21st and Race Sts. for twenty-five years. Since that time, the building has sat vacant, waiting for a new owner to take advantage

Last week, we mentioned the good work that MM Partners is doing the corner of Taney St. and Girard Ave., rehabbing a former hardware store with plans to turn it into the nicest restaurant in Brewerytown. While we were up there, we checked in on their biggest project at the

In June, we detailed a proposal from Universal Companies to tear the rear off the historic Royal Theater for the purpose of building market rate houses fronting Kater St. That plan also involved preserving the facade and using the remains of the building for "community space." In looking at the

 
If you haven't been in the neighborhood lately, you may have missed the development at 901 Walnut St., the new Jefferson University building currently under heavy construction. Expected to be completed next Spring, this 11-story building will increase clinical, academic, and administrative space, and became necessary with the dramatic expansion

Last week, we mentioned tremendous construction activity happening on the 500 block of Washington Ave. The same day, we took a gander down 5th St. and noticed what appears to be progress at a long-time eyesore. For years, there's been a hole at the corner of 5th and Federal, surrounded

Pretty much across the street from the extremely popular Honey's Sit n' Eat, Callahan & Ward Properties are halfway through the construction of their Four Squared development at 817-23 N. 4th St. The first two of the four houses are completed, with one currently under contract. 819 N 4th St.,

The media hyped Irene tremendously and most of us made it through unscathed. While it's easy to shrug off the buildup to the storm as a product of the ratings-hungry local and national media, the threat was present, preparation was a good idea, and damage did occur in Philadelphia. A