Less than two weeks ago, we told you that Mugshots had closed their doors at 2831 W. Girard Ave., representing a rare setback for this recently thriving section of Girard Avenue. At the time, we surmised that the space wouldn't sit vacant for long, but expressed doubt that another cafe would

Almost a year ago, we celebrated the opening of Brewerytown's first supermarket in decades as Bottom Dollar opened its doors at 31st & Girard. Little time has passed, but now Bottom Dollar is poised to open another location about twenty blocks away. At 9th & Girard, groundbreaking recently took place

If you read this blog with any sort of regularity, you already know that the Point Breeze neighborhood has been on the rise in recent years. Along larger streets like Federal and Wharton, and particularly on smaller streets like Manton and Latona, little pockets of development have popped up on

We were in Northern Liberties the other day, and spotted an unexpected 'For Sale' sign affixed to the building on the northwest corner of 4th & Brown. For the uninitiated, this is the home of Honey's Sit 'n Eat, one of the most popular brunch places in the city. Their

A couple of weeks ago, an official groundbreaking took place at Ridge & Fairthorne for a new senior housing development from Interact. Currently a vacant lot and previously a car dealership, this lot could have been home to a fast food place or a bank, but the community apparently preferred

Right around the corner from where 191 units are being proposed for a huge vacant lot at Germantown and Thompson, at 221 W. Girard Ave., a three-story building is being renovated. When finished, it will include some new bay windows and a little retail space on the first floor.

According to

Sure, it seems like every week we have reports on some new project in Point Breeze. But be that as it may, there's still a tremendous supply of vacant land in the neighborhood over which the inexorable tide of development will surely flow in the years to come. Take the

Over the summer, several new developments took place on Lancaster Avenue and more improvements are planned.

At at 3835 Hamilton St., twelve new apartments have replaced an ugly warehouse. University Reality bought the building in August 2012 for $300K and now the end results of that investment are on show. When we

A couple of weeks ago, we broke the news that nine new townhomes would soon be coming to 2100 block of Walnut Street. While those homes are being built, a new retail amenity should be arriving across the street. Total Serenity Day Spa has moved out of their space at 2108

Some time ago, we told you about a partially constructed building at 2030-32 E Dauphin St. that was going up for sheriff's sale. We explained that the ten-unit building with parking could be yours, provided you could come up with like half a million bucks and a few hundred thou more to