Developers are looking to redevelop a flag lot in Fishtown, off of E. Montgomery Avenue. Perhaps you're wondering, what's a flag lot? Simple, it's a lot that looks like a flag. More specifically, it's a lot that has only a small sliver of street frontage, with the majority of the

At least according to some random reviewer on Yelp, Luke's Bar at 2434 Cedar St. was the longest running bar under the same ownership in the neighborhood. A post on their Facebook page indicates that the bar closed its doors "until further notice" shortly after the new year. The 'For

Let's agree that a car wash isn't the highest and best use for a 16K+ sqft lot just a couple blocks off of Penn's campus. And it seems that CRP Builders LLC agree with that sentiment, as these developers are intending to purchase the Wash N Lube at 4125 Chestnut

The recent history for the building at 1101 Frankford Ave. has been storied, no doubt, though its early history is even more interesting. This structure was built in two phases in the 1850s and was first used as the Landenberger Hosiery Mill and later as part of an elevator factory.

Via Bicycle made its home at 606 S. 9th St. for about 20 years, but from the looks of the outside or the inside, you might have guessed they'd been there five times as long. But if you pass by this address today, you'll see that the shop is no

We've increasingly found ourselves commenting on the spread of East Kensington development toward Lehigh Avenue over the last year or so, just as we've started traveling more frequently across Lehigh to report on projects in Port Richmond. With more and more projects getting closer and closer to Lehigh Avenue, it

Snockey's Oyster House was one of the most fabled restaurants in Philadelphia, serving seafood to the masses since 1912. It was with heavy hearts that the Snock family closed the business at the end of 2015, but according to Philly.com, it was an aging ownership and a younger generation not

Back in the fall of 2013, developers proposed a plan to demolish an old building that had been home to a plumbing business at 428 E. Wildey St. and replace it with a twelve unit apartment building. Apparently the community wasn't into the idea, opposing it at an FNA zoning

The former Pearl Arts at 417 South St. has basically been in a state of flux since the arts and crafts supply store closed its doors back in 2011. Roughly three years ago, we heard about a plan to convert the building into 85 artist studios with prices starting at $250/month for

La Milagrosa was a center for the Catholic Hispanic community for roughly a century at 1903 Spring Garden St. before it closed its doors back in the summer of 2013. At the time, we weren't sure what would ultimately happen to the building but we speculated that it would be