Ah, the intersection of 9th & Passyunk, site of countless regrettable midnight meals, location of numerous fights, assaults, and brawls, and home to some of the most ostentatious neon you'll see this side of Nevada. Yes, Pat's and Geno's have been doing their thing here for decades, and show no

We imagine that a few times each day, someone passes by this place and stops dead in their tracks, does a double-take, stares for a minutes, then continues on their way. 803-07 Percy St. is truly one-of-a-kind. On its block, both its height and width draw your attention. But even

Last summer we told you about the case of 1402 Ellsworth St., a blighted property with a hope for redevelopment. At the time, a developer was attempting to build an addition onto the building and convert the crumbling and overgrown property into three apartments with one parking spot.

A couple of

The Philadelphia Art Alliance is set to host a new restaurant again. Scheduled to open in April, The Rittenhouse Tavern will take over the kitchen and dining space at 251 S. 18th St., right on the square. Restaurant Associates, who specialize in eateries within museums, are teaming up with chef

Development plans that include the rebirth of a historic building are underway in Logan Square, where two summers ago, Pearl Properties had a proposal on the table to build up to 12 stories on top of the Granary structure at 411 N 20th St. Some members of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA) were not into

After a delicious lunch at RyBread, we were walking around the neighborhood, enjoying the balmy March weather, when we noticed this building, sticking out like a sore thumb.

This one story building on 23rd St., just north of Green St., is in terrible disrepair. Peering into the windows, we saw some

Though you may have already heard about this one, we're telling you about it anyway. Very soon, a parking lot on the northeast corner of 18th and Vine Sts. in Logan Square will be replaced by a very large Mormon temple.

It still may be many months before workers break ground

Pretzel Park, located just a block off of Main Street in Manayunk, provides neighborhood residents with several amenities including a dog park, a playground, and public green space.

Because of the nature of the topography in the area (steep, mostly), awareness of and access to the park from Main Street is

According to a zoning notice from last month, an unexpected change is coming to 1308 W. Girard Ave.

Home to Drexel Bindery Inc. for twenty-five years and located on a fairly depressed commercial corridor, this location doesn't exactly seem ripe for redevelopment. But that's just what's planned for this building, which

A reader tipped us off about seeing a strange sight on the 2200 block of Alter St. yesterday. Terry writes 'I was driving down 23rd Street and saw this big blue thing on Alter Street out of the corner of my eye. I sped around the block to come back