Over the summer, we told you about a plan to construct five new homes on the 1900 block of League Street, the last street in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood before you hit Washington Avenue. At the neighborhood meeting when those homes were first proposed, the SOSNA Zoning Committee as well

We go to South Philadelphia HOMES meetings every month, and for better or for worse, they've been kind of boring of late. But not last night. Oh, no. While most meetings have been very lightly attended, this one featured a packed house.

At the meeting, tavern owner John Longacre presented a

At one point in the last few decades, for what could have only been a very brief time, it became acceptable to cover an older row home's brick facade with vinyl siding. Whether these homeowners were simply seeking an inexpensive solution to a porous front wall or whether they were

Not even two months ago, we regaled you with tales of a couple of new homes going up on the blocks adjacent to Dickinson Square Park. At the end of the post, we mentioned that a couple of lots on the corner of 4th & Dickinson were under contract, and

A reader reached out the other day and told us about a new home going up at 225 Carpenter St., on a residential Queen Village block. For years, this property was vacant, with what looked like some sort of storage use.

In June, 240 Dupont Street LLC purchased the property for

Jerry's Bar, one of Northern Liberties' decades old dives, closed its doors for good last year. A Foobooz post from February 2011 makes the place seem like some kind of mythic riverwards watering hole steeped in stale smoke and cheap beer.

The new owners of the Jerry’s Bar at 129-31 Laurel St. (updated name forthcoming) appeared before members of the Northern

A reader gave us the heads up that change was afoot at the northeast corner of 2nd & Christian, where a 7-11 arrived on the scene in the last couple of weeks. This store replaces a 24/7 Food Mart, which years ago took over this mini-shopping mall space from a Wawa

Some time ago, we noticed an empty corner store at 1116 Fitzwater St., half a block from the wonderful Hawthorne's (and conveniently located in the Hawthorne neighborhood). It looked as though perhaps some work was being done on the space, as the doors looked like they had been recently fixed

Back in June, we told you about a plan from developer Roman Mosheyev to tear down a warehouse building at 20th & Kimball and replace it with a four story condo building.

While neighbors had a series of valid concerns about the project, we were excited about the new development springing

Few would guess by looking that the lot now occupied by Caribbean Delight and a wide brick-faced walkway on the 1100 block of South Street was once the site of performances by the early 20th century’s most celebrated African American performers.  In the century prior to that, the site was host