Located at the corner of Callowhill Street and 10th, the Philadelphia Circus of 1890 was not in a typical location for a venue of this type. It sat outside of the theater district, towards the northern limits of the city. This ‘circus’ had originally been called the New National Theater

A new trend in city gardening is spreading across the country, and Philly got our own take on it earlier this month.  An urban garden sharing program that links people looking for a place to grow food with unused yard space has taken root with the help of some green-thumbed

The bi-level loft at 1728 Chestnut Street (Apt. 3) is furnished with the owner's accoutrements, which, we aren't sure, will help or hurt any rental inquiries. The 1,818-square-foot, two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo listed for $3750 a month has a pretty gorgeous roof deck (although we love that more modern, minimal style)

A new beer boutique is coming to Manayunk at 4923 Main Street (formerly Events in Style) and the owners are no strangers to the city. The founders of Hawthornes Café, located in Philly’s Hawthorne section, have received a unanimous vote from the Manayunk Neighborhood City Council in favor of

Hermann J. Schwarzmann was a peculiar pick to design 34 structures for the Centennial Exhibition of 1876;  as an unproved engineer, he had never designed a building before. But not to let this seemingly substantial inexperience stand in his way, he set to work designing and building structures to honor

Architect and urban planner Edmund Bacon imagined up the Chestnut Street Tranway, one of the urban renewal projects that followed World War II, in his 1959 essay "Philadelphia in the Year 2009." Bacon remade Chestnut Street as a pedestrian-only thoroughfare with a trolley at its center near 12th Street, a

Queen’s Walk on Fifth and Montrose Streets in Queen Village is JKR Partners’ latest housing development currently under construction in the city. The 16 townhomes fill the gaps left by an old dessert topping manufacturing company long since abandoned. We drove by the other day to get some information on

The Community Design Collaborative and the Delaware Valley Green Building Council are co-hosting the Design Charrette today with sustainable groups SHARE, Green Village Philadelphia, Common Market and United Way’s teacher supply program. The design charrette will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia until 4pm, and will serve to help

A few months ago Oliver’s Antiques left its location at 21st Street and Fairmount Avenue, creating an opportunity for new business development in a top neighborhood retail location where foot traffic is steady. In its spot at 2052 Fairmount Avenue, across the street from Mugshots CoffeeHouse and Café, is the

Reminiscent of the days where people had names like Winthrop, this "Great Gatsby Gilded era Italianate mansion" may be known to some of you who follow real estate closely (it's a favorite for real estate features), but for others, we wanted to make sure we reminded you of your tax bracket.