Way back in the summer of 2011, we first brought the vacant and blighted armory building at 1221 S. Broad St. to your attention. At the time, it was mentioned as an aside to the building that was being constructed next door, which obstructed an underwhelming Frank Sinatra mural. According

For years, First Friday in Old City has given us a nice excuse to stroll around an ornately constructed part of town, meandering through art galleries and sipping wine, while nibbling on cheese, grapes, chocolate and such. The area is home to dozens of galleries and boutiques, spread through a neighborhood that

If you keep track of their monthly zoning meetings, you know that Northern Liberties is currently in the middle of a development surge. It seems that every other block has a new project sprouting up like a half-million-dollar weed. Today, we bring two such projects to your attention, near 5th

Today, Market East is a haven for pawn-brokers, check-cashing stands and purveyors of brand name knockoffs. The south side of the 1000 block offers one such decidedly uninspiring mix of storefronts. Simultaneously, this stretch is a reminder of a time when Market Street was one of the nation’s

A few months back, we first told you about a new duplex going up at 712 N. 19th St., on a block that exclusively features one-story homes set back from the street. The duplex looks to be nearly complete on the outside, though we spotted workers on the site, ostensibly

Demolishing churches and replacing them with new construction has been a common practice for developers in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood over the past few years. Mount Olive AME, Metropolitan AME and others have faced the wrecking ball, as dwindling local congregations have led to churches moving to new locales or

Back in October, we gave you the early skinny on Fitler Dining Room, while lamenting the fact that it wasn't named Bedford Cafe and it wasn't coming to 20th & Kater. Last week, the restaurant opened its doors for the first time at 2201 Spruce St., a corner that's seen

Months ago, we told you that developers had gone before NLNA with a proposal for 11 new homes at Front & Poplar, on a lot that sits between the Penn Treaty Village PENNTHOUSES and I-95. At the time, we wondered whether this development would ever get off the ground due to the

For years, the Zeidler Gallery has held down a space at 2207 South St., on a block of South Street West that never really lost its commercial vibrancy. The wooden slats covering the first floor facade evoked the Old West or Doobies, making this midblock storefront stick out from surrounding

Last month, we updated you on the large, mixed-use project going up at the corner of 19th & Poplar, in Francisville. At that time, about half of the homes in the development looked nearly complete on the outside, with framing underway on additional units.

A reader checked in the other day,