A one-level 3,000-square-foot apartment with a garage is pretty hard to find in most cities, nevermind Philadelphia. This three-bedroom and 3.5-bathroom rental at 512 S. Third Street is being offered by Nancy Alperin of Maxwell Realty and includes a large west-facing Juliet balcony, a 16-seat dining room, fireplace, marble bathrooms with

White Tower Hamburgers, founded in 1926 in Milwaukee, became a national fast food chain essentially looking to one-up White Castle. The fact that the exterior of this burger joint looks like the freshly mopped, white-tile floor of a hospital is no mistake: its intention was to purvey a sense of

More than seven months ago, the corner at Fourth and McKean in South Philadelphia was the home of an 11-unit apartment building. Since that building caught fire in October of 2010---destroying the apartment building so badly it needed to be torn down (unlike Spread Bagelry)---we've been left with this empty

If there weren't those buildings in the background, one could think this photo (framed by lush, maturing greenery and grass as long as the afternoon sun) was something from Forbidden Drive. This vacant lot just shy of 10,000 square feet at 763 South 19th Street, the former site of the

The old Gulf Oil Company headquarters is now the Chelsea, a 10-story condominium marble-and-limestone building. Unit 300 at 1515 Locust Street stood out to us, probably because, as our credit card company will tell you, we have a refined taste far above our means. Laurie Phillips of Prudential Fox & Roach told

Councilman Darrell Clarke and state representative Michelle Brownlee had a great deal of support last week as they presented their updated project plans for the supermarket at 31st and Girard Avenue. Soloff Realty is buying the site from Westrum Development and building a Bottom Dollar, similar to the one they

Back in February we reported on the destruction of the AME church to build new townhomes at 723 and 731 S. 20th Streets. The actual addresses of the three-story homes are 1929-37 Fitzwater Street and 723 S. 20th Street and they will all have three bedrooms, three bathrooms, fiberglass roof decks and

Spread Bagelry opened this Monday and four days later we have five firetrucks, a stretcher, massive hoses and a ton of angry drivers. The fire that just happened at Spread a few minutes ago left some apron-clad (owners? staff?) workers outside looking very confused. As we can tell you firsthand,

"Canadian architectural firm Sweeny Sterling Finlayson & Co. has created a new, modular design for living spaces that allows them to adapt when needed. Created with developer Parallax Investment Corp., FlexNatür is a system for condos by which residents can buy living space in increments and then combine or divide up those increments to

In an ideal setting, Philadelphia’s air would be cleaner. There would be more trees and more green space, like up to 42K acres—almost half of the city’s area—more. This, according to a December 2010 Parks and Recreation study on the city’s urban tree canopy. Urban canopy is “a vital asset