A reader checked in recently, wondering about a fenced-in area on the south side of the 600 block of Brown Street. And to be honest, we'd wondered about it too! The other day, the fence was pulled back and we were able to snap a couple of photos of the

When Fresh Fields first opened up shop at 20th & Callowhill back in 1997, the arrival of this 33,000 sqft store was a big deal. At the time, their concept was still somewhat foreign to Philadelphia, to wit, this quote from the Daily News shortly after the store opened: "if

If you can’t judge a book by its cover, can you judge a neighborhood by its structures?

At Aksum, just outside of University City at 47th & Baltimore, owner Saba Tedla combined two storefronts, a former African and Asian grocer and an African clothing store, gutted the interior and made renovations concordant with

At nearly every point in its history, the structure at 925 Chestnut Street has held an occupant of considerable stature. Today, the Rothman Institute at Jefferson operates from this historically rich part of Center City, making it a top destination for orthopedic treatment in the region and a valuable entity in Philadelphia’s vaunted

While we were out taking photos along Woodland Avenue, and of a charming, and locked, pocket park in West Philly, at 48th and Chester, we came upon these blighted units in a strip of homes located just south of Chester Avenue on 47th Street.

According to October 2009 Google Earth images, the

In grittier times in "Midtown Village," Full Moon Saloon was, well, exactly what the name suggests. A couple of years ago, according to Foobooz, new signs reading 'Thirteen Street Bistro' were affixed to 131 S. 13th St., suggesting that a new restaurant was coming to this space on this hopping block.

But

Members of the Norris Square Civic Association and Councilwoman Quinones Sanchez have resolved their differences regarding the St. Boniface Development, at least formally.

Instead of building 15 multi-family units on the site of the former church, located at Diamond and Hancock Streets, seven single-family homes will be constructed on the site of the demolished church, according to Sanchez.

Over the summer, we wondered about two liquor license application in the window of 1306-12 Frankford Ave., a renovated and subdivided commercial building that we originally featured months before. And now, in the next couple of days, a business utilizing one of those applications will be opening its doors.

According to

Construction was recently halted temporarily when developers came upon bed rock while excavating the southwest corner of 19th and Arch Streets where initial work on a 14-story mixed-use apartment building is underway.

Instead of blasting the rock, developers decided to compress the underground garage. In addition, because developers had to slightly

For the past ten months or so, we've passed by 609 S. 20th St., imagining what could have been. As you may recall, some brave neighbors stepped up to the plate back in January and purchased this property, saving the community from the atrocity that would have been the Bedford