The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has transformed a vacant lot at 20th and Market in Center City into a pop-up garden. On Monday they will introduce PHS Pops Up, a showcase for PHS’s community greening program. PHS received funding from the William Penn Foundation as well as help from the Brandywine Realty

Old City Frozen Yogurt joined the plethora of frozen yogurt shops late last week, just in time for the heat wave and holiday weekend. Located at 229 Market Street (former home of Bon Bon Gelato), OCFY is decked out in hot pink and lime green tones with modern décor and

On our way home from Target, coming up Front St., we noticed this construction site with no workers in sight. Let’s take a walk down memory lane, and recall what 1120 S. Front St. looked like until recently:

According to the building permit, the property is owned by Giang and Sons

Unit 14BE at 1901 Walnut Street, listed for $2,250,000, is a new construction über-contemporary co-op. The 3,333 square foot home features a 40-foot long living room, a custom kitchen with Wolf, Subzero and Miele appliances, a media room with exotic-wood bookshelves, and office/gym with built-in mirrored closets. The flush, linear lines of

According to a sign in the window at 1837 Chestnut Street (beside the Starbucks), there is a new Japanese restaurant coming soon to the vacant storefront. While there is absolutely no other clues as to what exactly we can expect, we will be keeping our eyes peeled for any additional

Franklin’s Paine Skatepark Fund rolled out a partnership with the Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Department to actualize their Master Plan this past week. While it’s not quite as monumental as lifting the No Skating ban in Love Park (the urban park at the eastern end of the Ben Franklin Parkway

Now you don’t have to rent an electric scooter just because it makes you look super fly, you can also rent to support an artistic cause. Scoot2You is truly an original endeavor by composition; the sight of their newly acquired space at 747 S. Fourth Street only furthers this sentiment. Opened about

With the Philadelphia School District facing a $629 million dollar deficit, School Superintendent Arlene Ackerman has requested $75 - $110 million from the City of Philadelphia to help plug some of that gap. Mayor Nutter has offered two options to raise these funds for the School District: a 10 percent

Back in the day, meaning 1914, the freight station at S. Broad St. and Washington Ave. was actually a good-looking building. From this view, it appears as though station was modeled after Greek architecture with its triangle rooftop and inset pillars, which are decoratively molded into the building’s exterior. Now

1867 was a successful year for young architect and Philadelphia native James Hamilton Windrim. At the age of 27, and in the same year that he opened his own architectural office, Windrim also impressively won the design competition for the Philadelphia Masonic Temple, what is now officially a National Historic