The Friends of Clark Park Planning Committee and Studio Bryan Hanes have been hard at work renovating the North Park of Clark Park. But they aren't done yet. The team is now starting the process of studying how to improve the Middle and South (the least used area) Parks between

Hopefully this June will not only boast the festivities of a First Friday in Philly, but also the opening of a new cheese eatery at 160 North Third Street, the Old City Civic Association tells us. Old City husband-and-wife team Kirk Nelson and Lisa Ruff have invited Rebecca Torpie, the

We were enticed by the "four-story atrium" advertised in this home at 741 S. Second Street, but never found proper photo evidence of such. What we did find was that this Mike McCann three-bedroom, three-and-a-half bathroom listing has something else we hardly ever see: rooms with three windows instead of

Up until eight years ago, to the best of our knowledge, the corner property at 18th and South Streets was used as a police mini station but has been vacant ever since. The owner (the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, located on Fitzwater Street and 22nd

Across the street from the abandoned Falcon Candy Company factory in Graduate Hospital is a block of 23rd Street ripe with new three-story roof-decked homes and freshly planted trees. Located around the corner from this factory on an empty corner lot facing the St. Anthony's Senior Residence, Joseph Beller has

The wheat pastings and neglected facade of 12 N. Third Street would have you believe that only raccoons live there. In what was formerly the headquarters of the kitchen design group Teknika, the property now boasts three floors of work space for Web Linc's second location. President Darren Hill invited us

If someone was going to bring valet parking to Fishtown, you might as well suspect it'd be Stephen Starr, right? And when his new German-inspired Fishtown beer garden (which now has the official name of Frankford Hall) opens on May 17th, you'll get much more than that. Two ping pong

This week Joe Schiavo, vice chair of the OCC Developments Committee, informed us that councilman DiCicco has decided that the proposed street closing on Church Street’s one-hundred block will no longer proceed. Schiavo says that councilman DiCicco felt that this was too much of a contentious issue and that the

"With the help of the Newbold Neighbors Association, our relationship with coffee will be getting a bit stronger. Based in Philadelphia, the Newbold Neighbors Association just launched its very own SeeClickFix contest hoping to stir the pot and wake up the local government. Lasting until May 30th, residents can espresso their concerns through

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