Last week, a meeting was hosted at the F.A.C.T. Charter School on the 1000 block of Callowhill Street to discuss big picture planning issues for a large, loosely connected section of the Central District, referred to as the "Chinatown North/Callowhill section." According to the meeting summary, this area can be

We were in the neighborhood the other day, and the sight of this building, under construction, gave us pause. 1600 Frankford Ave. has been on and off the market for the last couple of years, before finally being purchased by Barksdale Properties LLC earlier this year, for $210K.

Inside, the building

A reader checked in, wondering about the ongoing demolition of two buildings at 138-140 N. 17th St., just off the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. We swung by the location, and discovered that one building was already down and the other wasn't much longer for this world. A cursory inquiry with the

Last summer, we wondered about the stretch of vacant storefronts on 40th Street, north of Chestnut, across from the Hub building. It seemed curious that so many vacancies would be there, across from a fancy newish building and on the edge of Penn's campus. After we did some digging, we

When the folks from University City District dedicated The Porch last November, they could hardly afford to purchase planters to decorate this new public space outside 30th Street Station.

They brainstormed and eventually purchased agricultural troughs that formerly were used to feed livestock (moo). Then they applied green technology to the troughs and retrofitted the basins and

Earlier this month, neighborhood mainstay New Acropolis Restaurant, located at 1200 Frankford Ave., shut its doors without warning after several decades in business. The property was actively marketed for sale until January, with the last listed price at $789K. For the past several months, the diner space has been marketed

For decades in the early part of the 20th century, boosters referred to Philadelphia as the Workshop of the World. Once a world leader in industrial production, from the Crane shipyard to the manufacturing of Stetson hats, Philadelphia was recognized for its innovation in production.

Now, our City of Brotherly Love

Last week, the the Cooking Channel celebrated its 2nd birthday at Reading Terminal Market.  The "feastivities" were part of the Cooking Channel Summer Eats Tour. Gerry “G.” Garvin of Roadtrip with G. Garvin and Eden Grinshpan of Eden Eats were the hosts, and the duo signed autographs for locals while promoting their new shows, scheduled to air later this

In the spring, we told you about a large lot at 12th & Brandywine, a corner with a little history. At the time, we had noticed that a couple of homes had recently come onto the market with addresses that roughly corresponded to this parcel, which contained a public school

When we last checked in on the proposed development at 1612-16 South St., the SOSNA zoning committee and the community had just given their support to this project. A reminder, the developers intend to build a four story building on this blighted parcel, with first-floor commercial space and fourteen rental