Astro Vintage has closed its store at 720 S. 5th St. (just a little to the south of the recently shuttered John C Paul and Sons), taking its assortment of mid-century fashions online to Etsy.

The space won’t be empty long; coming in its place is something a little on the stranger

Back in May, we told you about the ongoing demolition of the former Mount Olive AME Church, located at the corner of 19th & Fitzwater. The developer, Michael Carosella, is the same guy who built six homes at 20th & Fitzwater after demolishing the Metropolitan AME Church that was previously located

Over a year ago, we told you about 325 S. 18th St., a nearly 5,000 sqft shell on the corner of 18th & Delancey. This building has been vacant for over a decade, and changed hands three times in the last few years for as little as $50K and as

Way back in January, we told you about 4006-10 Baring St., three triplexes plus a commercial space planned for a West Philly block that's seen a ton of new development in recent years. With most of that construction coming at the hands of developers Errol McAlinden and Gerard Regan, it was

Over the past several months, a number of readers have checked in with us, inquiring about 17-19 N 2nd St., a vacant building in Old City. We originally took note of this double-wide building over a decade ago, relatively soon after Synapse Cafe shut down in one of the commercial

A few months back, we told you about the early stages of 2213 Amber Street, two East Kensington homes designed by Atrium Design. We were in the area a couple of days ago, and snapped some construction update photos of the homes, one of which faces Amber Street, the other

About six months ago, we told you about 1942 Christian St., a vacant corner property owned by an affordable housing developer based in Cherry Hill. A neighbor checked in the other day, and gave us the heads up that this property, which has been empty for about two-and-a-half years, may

Three weeks ago, we gave you the lowdown on a four foot water main break at 21st & Bainbridge that resulted in a river in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood. Impressively, PWD was able to shut off the flow of water down the street and restore water service to almost the

We've highlighted Lancaster Ave. a few times in the past, wondering whether the diagonal route to the Main Line could see increased revitalization west of 38th Street at some point in the near future. With a street like this, with so many amazing buildings that are not exactly in pristine shape after years

Over a year has passed since Philadelphia foodies were initially teased with the news that Stephen Simons, owner of the always-busy Khyber Pass Pub, Royal Tavern, and Cantina restaurants, would open an Asian concept restaurant that heavily centers on a culinary trend that Philly is just now coming to embrace