AIA's fifth annual Canstruction structures are going to be taken down this Saturday, May 21, at the Shops at Liberty Place so unless you've seen the Phanatic built entirely of cans already, you really have no reason to not go. The Canstruction design/build competition teams up the city's architects, engineers and

Residents were dismayed when the Snow White Diner at 200 Market Street closed down on Easter Sunday of 2010. The diner’s long history (originally opened in the 1950s) had residents anxious for a happening change. Now, after almost a year of construction, the city landmark has finally been refreshed.

The

When John McShain, the millionaire Philadelphia builder who happened to own a few lakes in Ireland, took over the Barclay, he put his name behind what would become one of the most ornante condominium buildings in the city. The 2,675-square-foot three-bedroom three-bathroom flat at 9A is up for sale for

AMF Boulevard Lanes, located at 8011 Roosevelt Boulevard closed its doors for good this past Sunday. The bowling locale’s lease was up and, due to the high cost of rent, AMF decided that it was not worth the price to renew the lease. While it’s unclear what will become of

Just one block from the Philadelphia Convention Center is Shanghai Bazaar at 1016-18 Race Street. Coldwell Banker is listing the two-story double-wide retail property for $3.8M, which includes more than 7,100 square feet of retail space on the first floor. Everyone loves the kitch, so we're kinda' sad to see

A new drawing presented by attorney Stephen Pollock (made in April) for the restaurant/bar proposal at 17 North Third Street shows some drastic changes to the original design idea. Architect Dan Bosin created potential blueprints (not design renderings) for the layout of the Charlie and Deborah Vaturi’s new project. In

Amy Cuker's colorful and sunny rowhouse at 318 S. Saint Bernard Street is on "a little-noticed block" in West Philly near 49th and Spruce next to a playground at Barkan Park. The 10 four-bedroom two-story rowhomes on the street are, according to Cuker, an LEED accredited Down2Earth interior designer, "pretty unique for

Philly takes another huge step in the green direction last week as the Kensington High School for Creative and Performing Arts was certified by the U.S. Green Building Council as the first public high school in the nation to reach LEED's Platinum level. Yes, I'll say it again, Kensington CAPA

The Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation has announced its final Phase Two redesign of Julian Abele Park, located at 22nd and Carpenter Streets. After seeing the intended design, we can rest assured that this is something to get very excited about. Julian F. Abele (1881-1950) was a prominent African-American architect

The client who purchased this unit in the Aria Condominium at 1419 Locust Street did so because they fell in love with the Busybee-staged unit. After moving in, they wanted Busybee to come back and make it feel more like home, which included some custom wallpaper work. "Sometimes potential buyers get