On Friday, July 26th, the South of South Neighborhood Association hosted its first History Happy Hour at the Bainbridge Club. Despite some attendees hearing about it only the day before, the turnout was great and the event a memorable evening of first-hand stories of the Graduate Hospital/South West Center City/South

Over the last couple of years, we've seen several buildings renovated and multiple vacant lots filled on Fairmount Avenue. On the 1400 block alone, a long-vacant triangular lot is turning into the JBJ Soul Homes, and a thirty-unit development has replaced a seafood warehouse in recent memory. Though several vacant

The 1000 block of Reese Street is a carriage-sized road just north of Washington in between 5th and 6th Streets. The entrance to this teeny block is on Carpenter Street, across from a string of new row homes. And about three quarters of the way down this block is where a

While you can debate the virtues of gambling dens in downtown Philadelphia until the cows come home, you can't argue with the fact that Sugarhouse is trying hard to make a name for itself outside the world of slot machines and blackjack. One such effort is the Sugarhouse Outdoor Summer

Back in February, we heard about plans for a new Rita's Water Ice at 2124 South St., a commercial space that was most recently home to a bike shop but has been vacant for over a year. Though SOSNA gave their approval to the proposal, it's been a bit of a longer

When we last brought up 1919 Market Street about six months ago, we told you that the mixed-use project planned by Brandywine Realty Trust would be delayed indefinitely. This was a bit of a bummer, as this parcel in our central business district has sat vacant for over two decades. But

In the past couple of years, we've told you about eight apartments that went up at 19th & Cecil B and another twenty units that were built a block to the east. Just a few weeks ago, we told you about another large project that's on the way for the 1800 block of Cecil B

A few weeks back, we took the back way out of West Philly on 48th Street towards Girard Avenue to catch a photo of the recently completed work at the zoo. On that route, we were surprised to chance upon the in-process West Village Apartments project at the northwest corner

A few weeks ago, we spotted a fresh zoning notice on a building on the northeast corner of 7th & Fairmount. We seem to remember a dollar store calling this storefront home once upon a time, but it's been vacant for at least the last couple of years. According to

Last week, we told you about a proposed development on the 1300 block of Chadwick Street from OCF Holdings. This block is currently about two-thirds vacant, with a staggering amount of empty space on the eastern side of the street. Should this project get neighborhood support, we'll see twelve new