On the south side of the 1100 block of Carpenter St., you might notice 1116 Carpenter, a somewhat out of place first story of a row home, with what looks like a new facade and new windows as well. Upon closer inspection, however...

The property is owned by Fabian and Maria

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Why is Kelly Drive a well-maintained, boast-worthy road and trail, and Ridge Avenue a dilapidated, run-down street that's full of litter and whose highest purpose could be that it's part of the route for the 61 bus?

The condition of Ridge Ave. really irked Josh Goodsell, founder and director of the Philadelphia

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Hot Potato Cafe, whose slogan was "Where Philly Comes to Eat Potatoes!," was best known for being featured on Gordon Ramsey's show, Kitchen Nightmares, in January 2009, only to shut their doors less than two years later.

A liquor license application was spotted their old space this week at 529 E. Girard

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The former Poor Clare's monastery at Corinthian St. and Girard Ave. has been vacant since the nuns moved to the burbs in 1977 (perhaps in search of lower taxes and better schools?). The current owner, 2012 W. Girard Associates, purchased the buildings in 2005 and initially proposed converting the buildings

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Isabel BYOB will be coming very soon to one of the commercial spaces at the base of 2601 Pennsylvania Ave. The building, which is also home to a few other businesses and includes luxury condominiums, will be getting the new BYOB spot in place of a coffee shop that once

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A few weeks ago, we wrote about Four Squared, four homes going up on the 800 block of N. 4th St. While we were over there snapping a couple of photos, we noticed the three buildings, more or less across the street, in a terrible state of disrepair. We still

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Sep14
Tonight: FEASTIVAL Redux
14 September, 2011 | No Comments |

Seen Top Chef but afraid you’ll never meet one of those guys? Fear not.

Tap into your hunger beast and congregate with the Olympians of Philly’s foodie scene and try your luck in a chef’s auction tonight at the FEASTIVAL, co-hosted by big-wigs Stephen Starr, Michael Solomonov and Audrey Claire Taichman,

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A reader tipped us off about some work going on in the commercial space at the southeast corner of 13th and Carpenter Sts. We vaguely remember a hair salon in this space many moons ago, but it's been empty for at least the past five years. The building is certainly

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Last week, 2000 North Broad LLC, the owners of 2304-2310 N Broad St., went before the ZBA to request a number of variances to develop two properties near the intersection of Broad and W Dauphin Sts., north of Temple University.

According to the application, they intend to build two new buildings

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Mitchell & Ness, local manufacturers of awesome vintage jerseys, was located at 1318 Chesnut St. for years before moving to their current location at 1201 Chestnut St. The former location looks kind of rough at the moment, with plywood covering the storefront. According to sources at Samson Asset Management, the

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