On the way home from a warm cup of Pho late Monday afternoon, we came upon yet another church with a 'for sale' sign. This time, it's the ornate stone Ruffin Nichols Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church and school on 11th Street between Mt. Vernon and Wallace Streets, listed for

On Saturday, October 29th,the Southwest Center City 5K Run will take place at 9AM at 22nd and Montrose Sts.

Now in its fourth year, the SWCC 5K brings people together to celebrate the neighborhood, fitness, and an important local cause. For a mere $20, you can join hundreds of runners on

A new development is in the works at the edge of Temple University's campus, brought to you by the same people behind the hotel development at the Legendary Blue Horizon. Mosaic Development Partners and Orens Brothers Real Estate, along with Metamorphosis Community Development Corporation, are breaking ground this month on

There's an empty lot on the southwest corner of 13th and Buttonwood Sts. that's currently on the market. The property measures nearly 30K sqft, and the asking price is $10M. Yikes.

According to the listing, the current owners applied for and received the necessary zoning variance to construct two residential towers

Last week, the Fishtown Zoning Committee heard an application for a new single-family home at 1412 Frankford Ave., and the community did not give its support.

While we weren't at the meeting, we can think of a couple of reasons why the community probably wasn't on board. The zoning application is

We were at 18th and Market Sts. earlier today and noticed cones everywhere.

After an initial moment of confusion, we remembered hearing about the Complete Street program, a joint effort of the Center City District and the Mayor's Office of Transportation and Utilities. The creators of this program are proposing changes

A reader tipped us off that St. Andrew Ukrainian Catholic Church at 425-29 Pine St. is on the market. Currently listed for $2M, this property was purchased about five years ago for $1.5M by a private investor who, for whatever reason, was unsuccessful redeveloping the property, and is now trying

Do you enjoy beer? How bout music?  Do you want to invest in your community? If you answered 'yes' to those questions, then Bloktoberfest is just what the doctor ordered.

In its previous two incarnations, Bloktoberfest took place in cramped quarters, on the 2000 block of Christian St., but this year,

1401-03 E Moyamensing Ave. was most recently the address of The Witch, an American bistro, which lasted for a couple of years before closing a few months ago. The 1800 sqft. property has been on the market for about five months and is currently listed for $399K.

From what we can

We were heading north on 13th St. the other day and this construction site at 13th and Kater Sts. caught our eye. We shouldn't have been surprised- there's a ton of development activity in the immediate area, with a few new construction sites popping up recently. In recent weeks, we've