The Washington Square West Civic Association's relighting project has raised enough to light a particularly dark stretch of 12th Street. The WSWCA has secured full funding for street-light replacement with the assistance of former senator Vince Fumo and a grant of $100K from the state’s Department of Community and Economic Development. City Council member Frank

On March 25, just off the edge of Temple University campus in North Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Housing Authority began its demolition of the 1950s era high-rising Norris Apartments. Instead of controlled implosion with the use of explosives, the PHA’s weapon of choice this time (and for the first time) was

A group of beekeepers in the West Philadelphia area plan to establish an apiary (also known as a bee yard) in a quarter-acre meadow within the Woodlands Cemetery in West Philadelphia. Backed by UC Green, an organization which serves to promote cooperative community greening, the beekeepers claim that teaching about

A new brewpub is coming to Fishtown and its being brought to us by the people behind Azure (now Cantina Dos Segundo). Father/son duo Bob and Brandon Bitros will take over Moe’s at 1235 E. Palmer Street to open Interstate Draft House. Chef Julio Rivera, the former chef at Azure,

Those who can't wait for a sneak peek at the Race Street Pier in May can get a hard-hat tour of the pier tomorrow, April 19, at 5:30pm. The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation and Penn Praxis are inviting people to this informal event to see the pier under construction. The

Mayor Nutter picked up a paddle for The Trolley Car Table Tennis Club's grand opening in East Falls and challenged eight-year-old Amy Wang to a match (Wang is the 2010 US Open champion for Table Tennis for girls nine and under). The Tennis Club, founded by Trolley Car Cafe and

East Kensington Neighbors Association will be organizing the free sixth annual Trenton Avenue Arts Festival on Saturday, May 21, from noon – 5pm. Last year there were more than 8000 attendees and more thaan 150 booths with local arts vendors and activities on the cobblestone 2000 block of Trenton Avenue

To the right of Saigon Maxim sits Unit No. 7 at 600-636 Washington Avenue, a currently closed-for-business nail salon. The owners of that business have a five-year lease with an option to renew for five years and when they found that their nail salon business model wasn't working, they approached the Passyunk

We've tried for weeks now to get in touch with Adam Ritter, owner of The Sidecar Bar & Grille, when we saw the construction going on above 22nd and Christian Streets. Since we couldn't find Ritter, we invited ourselves into the construction site but found a smile wouldn't get us

This month is the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, for those of you wondering why Hallmark's Happy Civil War Day cards were out of stock. To help commemorate the war and the more than 600k fallen soldiers, Chestnut Street in Philadelphia will be packed from Sixth to Broad