Leaving behind a gravelly patch of land on the corner of 11th and Berks Streets right off of Temple University’s Campus, the main location of the  Temple Community Garden will be transposed to a bigger, better spot on the corner of Broad and Norris Streets.

Temple Community Gardens was a project

It's been eight years since Rudolph Giuliani was knighted and Italy adopted the euro. It's also been eight years since the Old City property at Second and Arch Streets had a mom (NakedPhilly reminder: Mother's Day is this Sunday). The former Trenton China Pottery building (actually, nine of them, totaling 55K

Last week The Department of Licenses & Inspections initiated its pilot program to zero in on many of the city’s estimated 25,000 unoccupied, neglected properties. The task isn't as easy as sending a letter to the owners; finding the correct owner information is what's been holding L&I back from taking

Horse-drawn carriages and dusty streets describes the scene in 1870 where Chestnut and 6th Street met at the Public Ledger Building. The Public Ledger began as the first penny paper sold in Philadelphia in 1836. The paper was later purchased by George William Childs in December of 1866, when

Right south of Poplar on a cobble stone street sits 468 Myrtle Street in Northern Liberties, the freshly renovated (early 2011) multi-level home. The 3775-square-feet of space include custom steel-and-glass stairs, hickory flooring Vikin and Bosch appliances, custom stone detail and a unique floor plan that gives you a view

When the city and absentee owners take no action on derelict vacant homes, one way to turn a building that is falling apart into an almost half-million-dollar investment is to do it yourself. In August 2008, when Truman Gilbert bought 2011 W. Girard Avenue for $38K, the structure was in

The Philadelphia LandCare program (coordinated by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and funded by the city’s Office of Housing and Community Development) has recently been recognized as one of the 36 Bright Ideas for their involvement in addressing the urban blight and vacant lots here in Philly. The LandCare program

We all know that the Philadelphia Parking Authority is the most ruthless and tightly run governmental agency in the city (honestly, if SEPTA ran with the proficiency and exact timeliness of the meter maid who works our block, we’d actually get to work on time), but what we didn’t know

Finally, a reason to love triangles comes to Philly. We haven’t liked this shape since it bested us in Mrs. Bryant’s geometry class back in middle-school, but we are willing to give it second chance today at Plazapalooza: A Celebration of Spring at the Grays Ferry Triangles.
The event, held between

Great progress for Mayor Nutter's Green 2015 initiative this week (which plans to revamp 500 acres of underused land around the city into sustainable green spaces by 2015) as exciting new plans were announced to transform the city's Logan Circle area into a green destination for locals and tourists alike.

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