If you like seafood, oysters specifically, then Locker’s Restaurant on 8th and Vine Streets was the place to be. Back in 1868 this nearly riverside, awkwardly skinny restaurant boasted a specialty in oyster stew. A Victorian style portico had been embedded into what was an older style building, and judging by

The Streets Department is currently repaving select streets in Graduate Hospital and Point Breeze. We found the "No Parking" sign below on the 2000 block of Catharine St. Stapled. To. A. Tree. Bravo, Streets Department. Bravo.

The smart thinking behind the transformed floorplan at 268 S. 11th Street is something more city home owners should be employing. This Washington Square West three bedroom, 2.5bathroom townhome is 2,640 square feet has slate floors, a two-story foyer, wet bar, private brick and slate back patio, new hand-scraped oak stairs, a

The corner spot at Third and South Street is a rotating door for retail spots (most recently it was  T-mobile store and, after that, Platinum). Next Friday, according to the owner, it will open its doors as the Philly Dream Shop (best sign we've seen in that spot, yet, marketing-wise).

Whatever happened to Engine House #21 of 826 New Market Street? The classic brick and wood architecture of this 1896 building sat embedded among residential properties. Ornately carved double bay doors were big enough at the time to allow the passage of horse-drawn steam engines, while the arched, detailed and

The Preah Buddha Rangsey Temple at 2400 S. Sixth Street stands out from the average aesthetic of South Philly: it's meticulously maintained, beautifully bright and ornately ornamented. We passed by the other day, and wanted to share the beauty that can be found in our city. Digging deeper we discovered more information about Muni

Craig Bosket has been working with local developer G8-Life in Fishtown and gave us the heads up on two new construction projects at 2200 and 2400 Amber Street in New Kensington. G8's work building urban homes for design lovers is always coupled with advanced energy-saving technologies, and 2200 Amber is

We love the uncommon details at 315 W. George Street in Northern Liberties, a $525K three-bedroom 2.5-bathroom corner rowhome. The back patio has custom built-in seats and planters, the second floor has herringbone floors and a walnut inlay, a Carrera marble bathroom (in subway pattern) and custom top-down-bottom-up blinds. And that

We've heard that the long-vacant retail space at 1708 Chestnut Street has finally been leased. The sliver of a space squeezed between Dressbarn and Sephora is slated to become Laila Rowe, a trendy women's jewelry and accessories store not unlike Nova Ice, located down the block at 1508 Chestnut Street. Laila Rowe sells

What many readers have asked us about at 17th and Walnut (a great corner that has been under construction for some time) is actually a now-gutted part of the Latham Hotel, the former home of the founder of Bucknell University, William Bucknell, at 135 South 17th Street. We asked the two