A decision about whether to grant a takeout variance to a Subway store that may come to 4533 Baltimore Ave. was put on hold until January 10, after a group of NIMBY neighbors and near residents came out in opposition last Wednesday at the zoning hearing. The Spruce Hill Community

On Twitter, @harrisonfinberg asked us whether we had any information about the Zoning Notice he spotted at 1939-47 N Front St., which announced the application for a take-out restaurant with seating. And we didn't, until today. We were over there and noticed some fellas working in the large parking lot in

If you live in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood, you've definitely seen signs for Metro Impact, a development company that's built dozens of homes in the area. Run by Steve Shklovsky, Metro's building practices have evolved and improved over time, with larger and more interesting projects coming along as they've grown. Their latest

On the not-so-fancy 1800 block of Master St., Best Apartments LLC recently received the necessary zoning variances to construct ten duplexes on a currently vacant lot that, until a few years ago, contained a large warehouse.

1811-21 Master St. will likely be another addition to the independently constructed student housing deluge

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