If you got to Bloktoberfest early on Saturday, you may have noticed a hint of panic among the South Street West merchants as they realized that the water had suddenly been shut off, without notice. Well, you also may have noticed a similar phenomenon if you live in most of

A reader checked in recently, asking about the apparently closed or remodeling Fine Wine and Good Spirits store on the 700 block of South Street. We've been to this store numerous times, as a good friend lived above the store maybe ten years back. Needless to say, he saw some

For seventeen years, Tuscany Cafe held down the fort on the southwest corner of W. Rittenhouse Sq. & Locust St., in the 222 Rittenhouse building. Located directly across the street from Rittenhouse Square, this cafe did tremendous business at all hours of the day, and also served as a convenient

While we were out taking photos among a long-awaited windy autumn day last week, we noticed L&I catching up on some blight around 42nd and Market in West Powelton. A neighboring resident said the location has been vacant more than a decade.

A notice declaring the owner of the single-family row home at 4219

In February, we told you about the new Odd Fellows Cafe, located at 1201 Spruce St., in the Odd Fellows Building. So you can imagine our surprise when we walked by the cafe over the weekend, and noticed that the name was changed to YOLO, or "You Only Live Once." It seems that Betty

If you've lived in Philadelphia for decades, you may remember the days before the Spectrum, when the Warriors and then the 76ers played their home games in the old Civic Center, and Convention Hall was home to the Flower Show. When the Convention Center was completed in 1993, the handsome

In March, we updated you on the progress of 1412 Frankford Ave., a new construction home two doors down from Bicycle Stable. At the time, we found it a little curious for the home to go up with privately owned green space on either side, and set back some from the

Last week, we told you about four vacant buildings on the 1500 block of Ridge Ave. that had recently received Doors & Windows violations notices. Today, we bring another such property to your attention, this time closer to Girard Ave.

1800-08 Ridge Ave. is a beautiful hulk of a building, with

Over the summer, we told you about a proposed seven home development on Crease Street in Fishtown, which was modified from a ten home project that was proposed last spring. We were in the neighborhood the other day and noticed that quite a bit of progress has occurred since we

If you read Naked Philly with any regularity, you know we talk up South Street West all the time. This commercial stretch has seen impressive growth in the last couple of years, with new stores, restaurants, and bars popping up like crazy. Bloktoberfest, a block party stretching from Broad Street