Take heed. Coming soon, a gateway—a new gateway to University City, thanks to Drexel University, that is.

Groundbreaking for Chestnut Square, a project projected to cost around $97.6M that aims to transform Chestnut St. between 32nd and 33rd Sts. into a new gateway for Drexel and University City, took place in February. Plans, which

A reader tipped us off that a new fence had gone up at Triangle Park at 601 Christian St., a place we've told you about before. When we last checked in on this triangular lot that has been transformed into a park by a dedicated group of neighbors, we'd learned

As we continue to claw our way back from the financial crisis that's weighed us down since 2008, we're encouraged when we hear about major downtown projects that indicate renewed optimism in the marketplace. The hospitality industry has been fairly stagnant over the past decade, though we've seen some recent

Across the city, civic groups are taking proactive steps toward diminishing crime and blight in their neighborhoods.

In Passyunk Square, residents are taking the blight fight into their own hands. Across town, when the folks at University City District learned through a comprehensive safety study that the area around the 46th Street El station

We've told you a few times about the oddly shaped home going up at 1732 Kater St., last checking in after framing. Whelp, the facade has been put up, and the developers are going with the ultra-contemporary look.

The home was listed last week for $449,000. According to the listing, it's

Back in February, we gave you the heads up about a Starbucks moving to 18th and Spruce Sts., filling a vacant commercial space and forcing out the non-specifically named "Cleaners."

Over the past few weeks, the space has been gutted, and the dry cleaners has moved across the street, into a

The other day, we told you about a neat program from the Passyunk Square Civic Association to address blight in the neighborhood. One of the properties featured in that post, 923 Federal St., sparked an email from a reader, wondering about the property. We did a little digging and, unfortunately,

According to the Philadelphia Business Journal, two Center City buildings will be repurposed into a 150 room Hotel Indigo. The Bailey building at 1218 Chestnut St. and the Biddle building at 1217 Sansom St. combine for about 140K interior sqft that will soon be used for a higher purpose than middling

A reader asked us if we knew the scoop about Divan Mediterranean Grill, which opened at 622 S 6th St. earlier this week. The restaurant, which replaces the long-shuttered Shouk, has a nearly identical name and logo to Divan Turkish Kitchen, the recently closed spot at 22nd and Carpenter Sts., in the Graduate Hospital

In January, we told you about changes coming to two churches in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood- upcoming demolition for Mt. Olive AME church at 19th and Fitzwater Sts., and adaptive reuse for Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church, at Fitzwater St. and Grays Ferry Ave.

At the SOSNA zoning meeting earlier this week, the developers for