The City of Philadelphia has been awarded $1M by the Bloomberg Philanthropies. Mayor Michael Nutter was one of five winning mayors that were selected in this year’s Mayors Challenge from a pool of more than 300 applicants from cities nationwide.

The money will be used to create the Philadelphia Social Enterprise Partnership, an initiative

This week, we've already told you about two projects coming to the South Kensington area, and today we have news about one more. The 1300 block of North Howard Street is currently a bit of a disaster. Heavy machinery has been doing demolition and clean-up work on the west side

Now that Franklin Paine’s skate park is under construction and is poised to open by this summer, plans for additional skate parks have surfaced. Today, we have some info on the Grays Ferry Crescent Skate Park project, which will create a roughly 3,500 sqft skate park along the Grays Ferry Crescent. You may

Yesterday, we told you about Soko Lofts, a rather larger (three-hundred-plus units!) mixed-use development planned for the corner of 2nd & Thompson. Today, we have some preliminary info on a proposed project that should rise just a few blocks away.

At the intersection of 7th & Thompson, one immediately notices the

Forty years ago, the Philadelphia Water Department discontinued use of a reservoir next to the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. The 37-acre man-made lake located around 33rd and Oxford Streets, is now a nesting place for migratory birds traveling along the eastern seaboard.

The National Audubon Society and Outward Bound (OB) have introduced plans to transform the lake

A reader sent us an email the other day, encouraging us to check out the corner of Randolph & Carpenter in Queen Village as an example of a corner that's experienced some changes in recent years and should be poised for even more in the years to come. These changes

Last fall, we wondered about a new bar/restaurant apparently on its way to 2370 E Norris St., a relatively new building with a giant front porch located at a six-point intersection in Fishtown. We quickly realized that this would be a new concept from the talented folks who brought us

While the University City District is known for various developments of public places that impact local economic development, it also has programs designed to develop human capital. The West Philadelphia Skills Initiative (WPSI) is a bridge that connects work-ready and trained West Philly workers with local employers. The entirely grant-based initiative will have additional

Last week, Philadelphia Business Journal broke the news that local developer Canus Corporation has big plans for a giant vacant lot at 2nd & Thompson, just a couple of blocks north of the Piazza. A former steel site, this lot measures about 2.5 acres and was originally tabbed by the

When we last checked in on the corner of 20th & Kimball back at the end of November, a large warehouse had recently been demolished, leaving an empty lot in its stead. We had originally brought this property to your attention last summer, detailing plans from developer Roman Mosheyev to