A reader gave us the heads up that a new Barre Focus Fitness will soon be arriving at 4145 Chestnut St., in University City. This new business will be taking over a second floor space at the corner, above hookah place Cleopatra Cafe. Smoky workout, anyone?

Looking around the area, you

In Northern Liberties, as zoning applications continue to pour in, members of the Northern Liberties Neighborhood Association zoning committee are doing their part to levee the degree to which large-scale projects are built outside of code.

Big development projects of ten units or more are attractive to developers and buyers alike. But the

Step into Halloween and you will not regret your venture into this gallery of jewels and custom-crafted pendants. The majority of pedestrians simply stroll by this unassuming storefront at 1329 Pine St. without noticing the small sign on the doorway that instructs visitors to ring the gothic door bell (only

Don't ask why, but we were in the area today and came to the wonderful realization that 21st Street is being paved at last. You may recall, a water main break back in July has closed the 21st & Bainbridge intersection to vehicular traffic, which has created snarled traffic on

Last summer, work began on the construction of a 680-foot connector bridge between Schuylkill River Park and the Schuylkill River Trail. Construction of this bridge was necessary to resolve a law suit between the City of Philadelphia and CSX, the company that owns the rail line that separates much of

In recent weeks, we've covered a couple of examples of blight in the Francisville neighborhood, on Ridge Avenue. In both instances, vacant properties had been issued Doors & Windows violations, and the neighborhood is hopeful that this will either push property owners to clean up their buildings or sell them

Perusing the zoning dockets for the month, we came upon a project that will soon be coming to the 1200 block of Alter Street. Though we've covered a few Alter Street developments in Point Breeze in recent months, this particular block of Alter Street differs from those that we've previously written about.

The

In the spring, we told you about a new construction project on the 1000 block of Fairmount Ave., across from the southern portion of the PHA Richard Allen Homes development. We were in the area last week, and the project, called Fairmount Abode, is pretty much finished.

According to a Facebook

A couple of months ago, we told you that renovations were set to begin at Julian Abele Park, at 22nd & Carpenter. The park was dedicated four years ago, but only now is the true vision of the Friends of Julian Abele Park, the community, and the City being realized.

As

Over the past few months, a couple of readers have reached out, wondering what's up with the fenced-in lot next door to South Square Market, near 23rd & South. It does seem strange indeed, considering both the long-term successful retail mix on this particular block as well as the rapidly