About a month ago, at Thinkfest, Stephen Starr stated that he intends to open two hotels in Philadelphia in the coming years. A "real boutique hotel" was on tap for Center City, and a "rock and roll" hotel would make its way to Fishtown. Some weeks ago, Foobooz speculated that

Dear God: we’re unsure if you’ve heard our prayers lately. We need some money. So we’re selling some of (Y)our things.

Like the Holy Family Center and the northern portion of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center’s parking lot, located at 17th and Vine Streets. Hope you don’t mind, Big Fella. (Signed, the Archdiocese of

We were heading through Francisville on 18th Street and spotted what looked like some new construction a couple blocks north of Girard. When we came in to get a closer look, it turned out to be an addition to an existing building rather than a completely new structure.

As you can

Maybe it was yuletide. Or maybe it was realizing what makes a neighborhood charming. Whatever it was that inspired the City to bid $20K more than they said they could to save a neighborhood garden from development, it happened.

According to Plan Philly, City representatives bid $71,500 at a Sheriff’s Sale

Back in September, developers presented a plan for 14-22 W. Thompson St., a vacant lot just a stone's throw from the El, to an unimpressed Fishtown Neighbors Association. According to a thread on Fishtown.us, some attitude from the developer may have turned the crowd against him, resulting in a vote

While we may seem agog to share all the news about new student housing developments in the vicinity of Temple University, this is mostly because student housing is virtually all that's going up in the area. But Paseo Verde, a project we first told you about over the summer, is

It's not secret that there are lots of dog owners in the Graduate Hospital area, some would even contend that there are too many. It was likely with recognition for that fact that Doggie Style opened a new location on the 2100 block of South Street a year ago. And

The building at 919 Walnut St, identified by lettering on the edifice as the Robert Morris Building, is not to be mistaken with the Robert Morris Building apartments at 17th and Arch. This far more modestly sized building does have its own unique history though.  At one time the residence for the prominent Francis

We've already brought you the greatest architectural crime near Temple's campus, and we don't contend that today's example is anywhere near as egregious. That being said, it's still pretty unfortunate.

The 1400 block of N. 17th Street is desolate, but has become less so in recent years. With a number of

A reader checked in a couple of weeks ago, wondering about some construction activity at the southeast corner of 15th & Dickinson. We did a little investigating, and here's what we found:

According to an old listing from 2004, the first floor previously contained a store and a check cashing place.