The Havana Banana Group (Bill Curry and the people behind Cafe Nola and Copabanana) have bought the Society Hill Hotel at 301 Chestnut Street, one of two projects they have planned for the Old City neighborhood. This "special plan," according to a masked representative from Havana Banana, will be a sort of

Anna Verna, in an effort to appease a small minority group in Point Breeze, has put forward a bill to restrict the building of three-story homes and roof decks in that neighborhood for one year. Apparently this is legal.

According to the City of Philadelphia, Verna, the current City Council president, has "made

Jessie Hemmon's is Philadelphia's one and only (to our knowledge) Yarn Bomber. Hemmons, who goes by Ishknits, woke up yesterday and just "decided to hand knit some cozies for some subway seats on the Market-Frankford Line of Philadelphia." We are glad her unsuspecting urban targets yesterday were the three seats on three

Do people actually go to porn theaters anymore? More specifically, do people actually go anywhere on the 22nd block of Market Street? The answer is yes, a profitable yes.

Anthony Trombetta's Forum Theater on 2209 Market Street is the last old-fashioned, dry porno houses in Philly ("Save The Forum!"), and although we

Chunks of concrete are falling off the Septa bridge onto eastern sidewalk of North 22nd Street under JFK Boulevard. We've dodged the impeding doom of the perilous icicles of winter; now comes the spring concrete. Ah the seasons of Philly.

100 Spring Garden may soon have a new tenant. The lots where Zee Bar and Delilah's sit just east of 95 will perhaps be getting a "bar/restaurant with live entertainment." Of course this project has just been proposed to the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association and the zoning attorney for the

The PIFA Street Fair will be coming to Broad Street on Saturday, April 30. With an already abundant art scene in Philadelphia, this is an innovative idea that will only add to the artistic caliber of the city. The street fair will come towards the end of the month-long Philadelphia

North 28 luxury prefab condominiums are moving into Brewerytown at 1238 N. 28th Street. MM Partners, who is spearheading the project, has closed on a construction loan from Beneficial Bank needed to begin building and are looking to finish the project by the end of this summer. The building will

West Girard Avenue is going to be receiving several bright additions in the very near future. Fairmont CDC (Community Development Corporation) spent Martin Luther King Day, along with more than 20 gracious volunteers, transforming trashcans from drab to fab (yes, these trashcans are fab), which will help to keep West

Joe Camarota and Alvarez Wax Productions to bring a horror wax museum and restaurant to A.C. Although a few wax museums had their stay (and fall) in A.C. over the years, Camarota is looking for developers to hop on board for this "Hollywood Hot Wax Museum/Restaurant" project. The restaurant will include