On Sunday, March 6, seven artists got together for The Winter Art Festival at 2628 Martha Street. This was one of the first art festivals to be held at The Hatchatory, the collection of small-business office spaces in a renovated Fishtown warehouse. Tenants here rent pet-friendly modern lofts with original exposed

The abandoned St. Boniface Church of West Kensington held its last service in 2006 and the building has been vacant ever since. During the last year of the church’s life, it's been in the worst shape we've seen it and the deterioration has become overwhelming. Stained glass windows were replaced

The brand-new 24-acre development at the Western bank of the Schuylkill River between Walnut and South Streets in University City has been dubbed Penn Park, as many fans already know. Besides obvious reasons for building the park, the idea behind this development is to better connect University City and Center City;

Marine Corp vet Robert " Banjo Bobby" Pfenning rests his violin on his thigh as passersby applaud his music on the side of Oregon Avenue.

There are many reasons why we were apprehensive about posting this information but withholding it would do more harm than good.
Joseph Reilly of Joseph N. Reilly Real Estate is in financial distress in a big way. Reilly manages many homes and condos for various owners, many of who never received

A recent solicitation from the Fraternal Order of Police seems innocuous enough as a fundraiser for City Council candidate Bobby Henon. The April 28 cocktail reception to support the campaign sounds fun (we weren't invited however) but there is one thing we did notice, thanks to help from an anonymous

US Realty has purchased the former TastyKake complex in East Falls for Grasso Holdings and will break ground at 10am today with a brand-new shopping center, the first one an area like this outside of Philly has seen in a long time, according to Peter Maggio of US Realty. Bakers

Eco-conscious restaurants don't need to be reminiscent of dry granola, patchouli oil or limited selections of tofu-based meals, but unfortunately sustainably based businesses (like the new Eagles stadium, Tierra Mia Salon or James) have to work harder to shake the stigma that follows businesses that cater to such healthy lifestyles. When David

The Philadelphia Housing Authority, the fourth largest public housing agency in the US, was sued for its two-story disabled-senior homes at 1003-1011 S. 20th Street. While the zoning board approved the construction in mid-2010, SOSNA (represented by Paul Toner) and David Orphanides (on behalf of a number of neighboring property

Target is opening a new 100,000-square-foot store in Los Angeles that will serve as the first of its smaller prototype stores, CityTarget. Philly is its next "target" for the same type of smaller-footprint locations, according to its site. The smaller (only in Target's eyes is 100k square feet small) mini-Targets (meme