When the Soak It Up! design challenge was first announced last summer the idea seemed right enough: identify a few old sites that could be retrofitted with sustainable technology and turn submission ideas into a design contest that hopefully draws entries from a national pool.

Numerous design professionals joined together to form teams

On Wednesday, the ZBA approved a plan for outdoor seating in a garden area behind American Sardine Bar at 18th & Federal. Coming into the hearing, John Longacre, owner of the bar and garden, was concerned that this approval would not come before the summer months rolled around. Just one

Waaay back in November of 2011, we broke the news that the former home of Thomas Colace Co. at 19 E. Oregon Ave., was going to become an indoor adult amusement spot with bowling, arcade games, batting cages, and of course booze. A few commenters indicated that this was the brainchild of

Trane oh Coltrane. Old fashioned Blue Trane. Since he passed away in 1967, John Coltrane’s legend has only grown, while his most important physical connection to Philadelphia has deteriorated.

In 1943, Coltrane moved from North Carolina to Philadelphia and enlisted in the Navy. When he completed his service in 1946 he

A couple of weeks ago, we gave you the heads up that Breezy's Cafe was coming soon to 2011 Reed St., a commercial space that was most recently a bobo Pizzeria Uno. At the time, we expressed excitement at the prospect of a new business coming to Point Breeze, but

These Philadelphia streets are made for walking. Her walk score makes her the fifth most walkable city in the nation, according to America Walks. The group provides walk scores for cities across the nation.

Philadelphia, with a score of 74.1, ranked only behind New York City, San Francisco, Boston and Chicago.  The scores are based

Last summer, we told you about plans from Carmel Development to build a four story residential building at 1241 Buttonwood St., next door to Prohibition Taproom. We were in the area last week, and noticed that foundations are going in, so we figured this would be a good time for an update...

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For years, an embarrassing jungle has been the status quo at 23rd & Brandywine, a corner that's steps away from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Over a year ago, we first told you about plans from Loonstyn Properties to build four homes at this site and rehab a dilapidated shell that was

When we last checked in on the 2000 block of Annin Street in Point Breeze, three homes were being framed out on the block, and two more were going up right on the other side of 20th Street. A month later, framing is finished on the three homes, and bricks

Preliminary discussions have taken place between developers and neighbors regarding a mixed-use development project envisioned at the southeastern corner of 27th & Girard. If the project materializes, it would provide a much needed revitalization to this stretch of Girard Avenue, though a groundbreaking could still be as long as a year