With a grand opening set for May 12---less than a month away---the construction of the Race Street Pier Promenade has really begun to take shape. You can now see a line of freshly laid trees on the upper-level sky promenade leading down the pier and to the lower-level social gathering

Last weekend, the Mercer tiles outside of the Jacob Reed Building at 1424 Chestnut were removed and replaced with "garden variety red brick," according to an anonymous camera-ready tipster. The 108-year-old building, designed by William Price, was constructed with the added detail of decorative Mercer tiles, created by Henry Mercer

Todd Lowell of Lowell Property Management Group (and a Fairmount resident) is looking to turn 1900 Mt. Vernon Street into a plant retail and coffee shop spot (we can never have too many nursery coffee shop combinations around here). The location is right across from Clemente Playground and would be

After learning about the Schuylkill River Parks Connector Bridge and the At-Grade Crossing at Race and Locust Streets, we were left to wonder why these related projects were not kick-started sooner for convenience and pedestrian safety.

The pedestrian bridge connecting Schuylkill River Park to Schuylkill Banks will span across the CSX

We were privy to a rare opportunity Monday afternoon when the man behind the mysterious Hop Sing Laundromat at 1029 Race Street (the site of a former Indonesia restaurant) let us in to the future site of his “labor intensive” cocktail bar. If Lêe (the singularly named man behind the

Back in March we posted about Brian McManus' journey to 100 Philly dive bars and since then, we've gotten to know him a bit better (and hold our liquor longer). Over the weeks, we've learned a lot about Philly from this sage of sin, and even more about ourselves as

Dominic Aspite has been busy applying for zoning permits and is now working for the owner of the current garage at 932 E. Passyunk Avenue, Peter Larosa. If all goes according to plan, this spot across from Royal Tavern, directly next to Napoli Pizza's parking lot, will be home to a brand-new ice

Back in February we reported the opening of Sweetgreen, and this gorgeous and mild Philadelphia winter must have just helped time just fly by; Sweetgreen officially opens today at 3925 Walnut Street as an addition to the Radian. “Our newest location in Philadelphia reminds us of the first Sweetgreen we ever opened when

Local architect Paul Drzal has worked on the Tendenza space in Northern Liberties and is now getting involved on the 1350-square-foot corner spot at 2222 Brown Street with AR Engineers. The plan is for a take-out restaurant (no liquor license) and we hope to see some outdoor tables on that sunny

We just got this flyer in the mail (read: inbox) and thought we should share, given our coverage on the Point Breeze moratorium issue with Anna Verna. The party is being held this Friday in the heart of the very neighborhood fighting these three-story roof decks (and chances are Anna Verna