Designed by Horace W. Castor and constructed in 1926, the Scottish Rite Temple at Broad and Race Streets was quite an interesting site. At first glance I was not quite sure what to make of it. The unique stone exterior of this oversized shoebox lends its appeal to that of

We just took a trip to the North28 site at 1238 N. 28th Street; construction is well underway. MM Partners tells us that boxes will be on site in early July and the model unit should be ready shortly thereafter. Even more interesting, though, was the 1881 stone that we

This Chestnut Hill 1855 farmhouse looks like something Hansel and Gretel would eat if they could, those gavones. The Wisteria-framed 100 E. Bells Mill Road is a two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath and 2,536-square-foot $625K "cottage" we saw from Elfant Wissahickon that's right near The Woodmere Art Gallery, Morris Arboretum and the Norwood Academy.

Two months ago The Flying Carpet Café and Bar, a new dig with a Mediterranean twist, opened at 1841 Poplar Street, the site that was once home to New Janie’s Lounge before it closed due to unpaid taxes. On a bright afternoon its calm vibe and green and purple walls could

On Friday, the much anticipated wet dream of Piazza developer Bart Blatstein and PR guru Nicole Cashman that is the Arrow Swim Club will have it's grand opening, and just in time: it seems a few "look, they're almost finished!" photos have popped up on Flickr. (We reported on Arrow

Slip on your Members' Only Jacket, click your heels three times and you’d likely find yourself at the Sazz Vintage Warehouse on 2438 Coral Street. This 6K-square-foot space is the mecca of Philadelphia’s vintage clothing scene and offers anything your retro heart desires. With boxes upon boxes of overflowing clothing,

Sylvester Stallone and Naked Philly have one thing in common: we love daylight. Keller Williams of Blue Bell has a $1.15M five-bedroom, four-and-a-half bath home on 1 W. Sunset Avenue in Chestnut Hill that is right up our alley in that respect. The address is the home of Laurie Bruno,

Back in March we reported on Bedford Cafe, the new restaurant from Dan Clark of Pub & Kitchen. The plans were met with some resistance because of the residential address. We can now happily report that Bedford Cafe was granted its requested use variance and is officially coming to the

Spike TV recently ordered 10 episodes of the new series Bar Rescue, the Kitchen Nightmare-esque show for bars in need of a major rehaul, and host Jon Taffer is setting his sites on one bar per episode. The associate producer of Bar Rescue, Heather Gordon of 3 Ball Productions, contacted us

Yesterday morning Schiphol airport in Amsterdam launched the world’s first airport park, which is centered around an almost-razed 130-year-old tree. The airport park has an outdoor terrace and, inside, emulates the outdoors with projected butterflies and recorded sounds of bicycle bells and animals. The park features ivy chairs, fiber-optic cables, tube lighting and