In the core Center City neighborhoods, it's intuitive that we don't see the same development activity that we see in neighborhoods like Brewerytown, Francisville, and Kensington. So when there are three projects to mention on a single block in the Rittenhouse neighborhood, it's quite an unexpected treat. But that's just

The restaurant options in Point Breeze have slowly grown over the years, but in the last few weeks, plans have emerged for two new establishments.Last night, we attended a community meeting where an attorney and architect representing the owner of the Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken franchise presented their case.

A couple weeks ago, we told you about plans for a new restaurant at the southeast corner of 20th & Washington, but we didn't have any details. The other day, Michael Klein broke the news that Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken, a Memphis-based and apparently very awesome restaurant chain, was

The saga of 4224 Baltimore Ave. has taken a satisfying turn.Photo from awhile ago but it still appliesWe first pondered this property back in the spring of 2012, wondering how it was possible that a large vacant lot could exist across the street from the wonderful Clark Park. A year later,

Last summer, we visited the long-shuttered former Saint Francis Xavier convent at 2322 Green St., located around the corner from the Art Museum. At the time, we were excited to share the news that the building would be coming back into use, with developers planning to convert the property into eighteen

Student housing has been all the rage in the neighborhoods surrounding Temple in recent years, and it's almost a surprise that there are any vacant lots or blighted buildings remaining in the area. But alas, a considerable number of empty buildings remain and there's still plenty of lots too. Until

In November of 2012, the opening of the Bottom Dollar Foods near 31st & Girard was chock full of excitement, pomp, circumstance, optimism, and plenty of other good feelings, even though the look of the project was about a hundred steps short of the original conceptual drawings. So yeah, the building

Biking up 11th Street the other day, a glimmer on Spring Street caught our eye. Doubling back around the block, we discovered a that a six-story building has been framed from steel at 1031 Spring St., replacing a surface parking lot. Clearly, this project has been happening for several months

Over two years ago, we brought 1501 S. 20th St. to your attention just as interior demolition work had taken place. We didn't have much more info about the project, though at the time it was noteworthy to see construction activity stretching so far south in Point Breeze. Today of course,

A couple of readers have been wondering what's up with the recently created hole at the intersection of Corinthian & Ogden, on the southeast corner. We actually didn't even know about it until we coincidentally passed by the other day, on our way to snap photos of the nearly completed