Across the street from Trader Joe’s, a vacant retail location is available for rent on the not-so-commercially- thriving-yet-still-enticing 2100 block of Market Street.

Hoagie City has gone the way of see-ya at 2136-38 Market. It goes without saying that they were no Sarcone’s, but what will come next in this 4200 sqft

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According to a zoning application, Ling Zhang hopes to construct a new building at 528 S. 13th St., on a currently vacant lot. Mr. Zhang has proposed a four story duplex for this site. The future duplex sits around the corner from the 1300 block of South St., which we've

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Today, we discovered a new South Street West business that apparently opened last week.

If you can't read the numerous signs, it's a new pharmacy! Located at 1735 South St., this new pharmacy desperately fills a need in the neighborhood.

Oh, wait.

Actually, this is probably the most unnecessary new retail addition that

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Over the summer, we brought 263 N 3rd St. to your attention. The building was most recently inhabited by Lite Bite, an unpretentious luncheonette that went under several years ago. A few years back, a developer purchased the property and received approvals to add several stories to the building. The

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Gold Star Park is a wonderful neighborhood pocket park. It's located on the 600 block of Wharton St., sitting between Sheridan and Marshall Sts., on the north side. Its 25K sqft footprint includes a playground and plenty of green space that the local community uses for events in the warmer

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Though you've probably already heard, Ted’s Montana Grill, located at Broad and Spruce Sts., closed about a month ago. The upscale grill was exposed back in March for having mice (one of the critters was conveniently near a street-side window when the Inside Edition's Rat Patrol was doing their investigating).

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One of the items on last week's postponed South Philadelphia H.O.M.E.S meeting agenda was a proposal for a three story, two unit building at 2314 Federal St., on a long-vacant lot.

This lot sits across the street from another vacant lot, across the street from a number of blighted buildings, and

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Neighborhood improvements are on in the way in Queen Village, where new schoolyards will soon be built at the Meredith and Nebinger schools.

Since August, neighbors and parents of students at the Meredith School, located at 5th and Fitzwater Sts., have participated in a series of meetings designed to generate community input

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Hey, ever seen this building?

You’ve probably passed by it at some point if you live in South Philly or if you like Dunkin Donuts. This unfortunate specimen, 1349 Christian St., is located just a few steps away from Broad St. and sits across the street from the High School for

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As we told you a little while back, developers BILD Properties are constructing four new homes with open-air front parking spaces a little south of 7th and Bainbridge Sts., on a lot that’s been vacant for several years. We were in the neighborhood and were impressed (but not as impressed as

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