We've heard that the long-vacant retail space at 1708 Chestnut Street has finally been leased. The sliver of a space squeezed between Dressbarn and Sephora is slated to become Laila Rowe, a trendy women's jewelry and accessories store not unlike Nova Ice, located down the block at 1508 Chestnut Street. Laila Rowe sells

What many readers have asked us about at 17th and Walnut (a great corner that has been under construction for some time) is actually a now-gutted part of the Latham Hotel, the former home of the founder of Bucknell University, William Bucknell, at 135 South 17th Street. We asked the two

The East Kensington Neighbors Association (EKNA) partnered with the Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation to work together to renew East Kensington through new and protected green spaces. Since East Kensington has about 6K people and no public green space (1 in 5 lots are vacant,), an effort this significant in

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has been busy finalizing their plans for the reconstruction of the I-95 Girard Avenue Interchange. The project will separate the interchange into six sections (under six different construction contracts) along a three mile stretch which spans from Race Street to Allegheny Avenue. Construction, in all

As you may already know, Green Woods Charter School has been looking for a new, bigger location; the school is currently located at 8480 Hagy’s Mill Road in Roxborough. Plans were hopeful for their first choice location, which was the historic Greylock Manor in Chestnut Hill, but since the Chestnut

If you've driven or biked over the South Street bridge in the past week or so, you've probably noticed a demolition project going on at the base of the bridge, on Schuylkill Ave. Here are some recent photos, with accompanying shots of what was demolished.

The demolition is in anticipation

Created by a professional designer and his artist wife, 819 S. Warnock Street is an open and bright loft-like three-bedroom and two-and-a-half bathroom new construction with light oak floors on all floors. Three decks, two-car parking, open steel railings, white lacquered kitchen cabinets, a floating bathtub and large angled windows all come with the $799K package,

If you’ve got a green thumb, or want one and you’re willing to share, Mt. Airy-based Philly Garden Swap and its memberscan be your nursery. Maybe you’ve already got a garden, but want to add some black-eyed susan, lamb’s ear or mountain fox and petunias. The three-year old group holds

We talk a lot about new development on this blog, and Philly sure does have a lot of it, but what about spaces in the city that are not under development? Places that sit, and have sat, unused and dilapidated for quite some time. I mean, we're an old city

Biking around West Philly, the sight of St. Francis de Sales Church at 47th and Springfield Avenue hits you like a pleasant slap in the face. This church is enormous and unique; built in Byzantine style and loosely based on Istanbul’s incredible St. Sophia Museum. It was built using white brick,