Now you don’t have to rent an electric scooter just because it makes you look super fly, you can also rent to support an artistic cause. Scoot2You is truly an original endeavor by composition; the sight of their newly acquired space at 747 S. Fourth Street only furthers this sentiment. Opened about

With the Philadelphia School District facing a $629 million dollar deficit, School Superintendent Arlene Ackerman has requested $75 - $110 million from the City of Philadelphia to help plug some of that gap. Mayor Nutter has offered two options to raise these funds for the School District: a 10 percent

Back in the day, meaning 1914, the freight station at S. Broad St. and Washington Ave. was actually a good-looking building. From this view, it appears as though station was modeled after Greek architecture with its triangle rooftop and inset pillars, which are decoratively molded into the building’s exterior. Now

1867 was a successful year for young architect and Philadelphia native James Hamilton Windrim. At the age of 27, and in the same year that he opened his own architectural office, Windrim also impressively won the design competition for the Philadelphia Masonic Temple, what is now officially a National Historic

As Penn and Drexel continue to expand in all directions, the appetite for student housing refuses to be sated. Builders McAlinden & Regan, two extremely pleasant fellows if we do say so, are in the midst of transforming the corner of 40th and Baring Sts. into a paradise for students

With 8130 square feet of space, it's easy to fit in six bedrooms, five full bathrooms and two half bathrooms. And with $3,199,000 one should expect nothing less than an elevator, private deck and garden, phone in the bathroom, double-sized living room, library, dressing "rooms" and a separate nanny suite. But for all

We stopped by the three-story homes at 1929-37 Fitzwater Street and 723 S. 20th Street that we reported the details on back in May, and got an update on the progress. Our source at the site tells us they are two weeks away (ha!) from completion. The $679K - $779K

Crisp, an eclectic fusion of Mediterranean and vegetarian recipes with falafel and hummus being the focus, will soon be replacing the closed Falafel Factory at 32 S. 18th Street (an 1, 100-square-foot space). According to David Rager, (marketer at Crisp) product quality will set them apart from the former owners. I

We stopped by 18th and Titan Street today to check out what we thought was a couple condos. Turns out, JJ Properties is building one four-bedroom, three-bathroom home with a massive roofdeck. The property will most likely, according to our source at the site, be on the market for $329,990.

La Colombe opened its second Philadelphia cafe on Tuesday at 1414 South Penn Square, on the ground floor of the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton in Dilworth Plaza. Perfect for the business men and women walking from SEPTA's 15th Street station to their offices in Center City, this is La Colombe's