For a couple of years now, we've beaten the drum hard for South Street West. And why not? The corridor has improved by leaps and bounds, with new businesses opening, old buildings getting fixed up, and new structures rising. From a culinary standpoint, it has exploded, with the new additions

Just east of Broad Street, we were surprised and also not surprised to find new construction in the form of a two-story addition being built onto an existing one-story building on the northeast corner of Poplar & Watts.

The addition at 1335-37 Poplar St. will create two apartments above an existing

We were in the neighborhood the other day and passed by the Independence Press Building at 11th & Green. For what felt like the hundredth time, we thought to ourselves how great it would be if this place would get rehabbed already. Earlier this year when we told you about

Back in September, we gave you an update on the progress of the new OCF Cafe at 2100 Fairmount Ave., across the street from the Eastern State Penitentiary. At the time, we indicated an expected opening date of mid-October, in time to take advantage of the crowds that descend upon the

It’s no secret that Fishtown has been one of the up-and-coming neighborhoods in Philadelphia for awhile now. But despite the new businesses and homes popping up in Fishtown, East Kensington, South Kensington, Olde Richmond, etc, some folks are still skeptical about the area. To address this, the New Kensington Community Development

Lots of new businesses opening on Washington Avenue lately, outside of the usual building supply companies that have ruled the street for decades. Naked Philly has the latest news about Kermit Bake Shop opening in the coming months on the 2200 block of Washington Ave., which will give residents and

We are disappointed and bummed out.

Yesterday, the Office of Property Assessment released 2014 property assessments, with an eye toward the novel idea of taxing properties in this town based on what they're worth. We took a look at a random sampling of data from the new assessments, and we did discover improved fairness across the board.

So last weekend in Philly was totally awesome. The PIFA Street Fair took over Broad Street.