A few months ago, we gave you the lowdown on the demolition of Matheson Hall on the 3200 block of Market St. and the upcoming construction of a new home for the LeBow School of Business. Whelp, we're pleased to announce that demolition work is complete as of a few

1100 E Passyunk Ave., currently home to Captain Jesse G Inc. Crabs, is a large, triangular lot that's encompassed by Washington Ave. to the north, Passyunk Ave. to the east, and S. 8th St. to the west. Only about a third of the lot is covered by buildings, with a

We enjoyed a tasty fresh bagel from South St. Bagels today and afterward spotted a number of Zoning Notices on the 200 block of South St., in the space that formerly held Chef's Market. For those who don't remember, Chef's Market filled several commercial spaces on this block for years

Months ago, we reported that a pharmacy was opening up in the attractive building on the southeast corner of 18th and South Sts. that formerly housed offices for the Philadelphia Police. Now, we here at Naked Philly are gung ho for small business, stoked that South Street West is filling

We were in the neighborhood today and noticed two vacant and available commercial spaces across the street from each other at 5th St. and Fairmount Ave. in Northern Liberties.

On the northwest corner, a large space housed Lafayette Bistro until a couple of weeks ago.

The 50-seat BYOB lasted a little less than two

La Va Cafe, at 2100 South St., opened almost six years ago in a space that previously held nuisance bar South Street Blues. Over the years, it's become a go-to place in the neighborhood for the stay-at-home lunch crowd, the grad-school studying set, and transplanted Israelis looking for tasty shakshuka

The Venice Island Water Project, talked about for at least a decade and started at the end of the summer, seems close to completing its first phase. Between the Manayunk Canal and the Schuylkill River, between the Lock and Cotton Street bridges sits a strip of land that was, until

Back in September we speculated about the fate of a fixed-up commercial space at 16th and Federal Sts. that formerly contained Ray's Cleaners.

At that point, the exterior of the building had been fixed up, with the boarded-up rear of the property becoming an apartment, some new windows installed, and repairs

We were in the neighborhood and spotted four homes under construction a small street between Frankford Ave. and Front St., at 1732-38 Blair St.

Developer James Mayberry is building one two-bedroom home and three three-bedroom homes, all of which will have two bathrooms. What we're a little unclear about is why the

The culinary options on Fairmount Ave. are getting more diverse. BlueCat, a casual Latin-inspired restaurant should be opening in February in one of the retail locations we first told you about this spring, as part of the 25K sqft development at the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Uber Streets. That