In July, the Boardwalk to South Street trail project connecting West Philadelphia and University City to the Banks will be bid. The Schuylkill Banks Development Corporation is working with the city to build a 2000-foot-long concrete structuring that will run parallel to the eastern shore of the Schuylkill from Locust Street to

Finally, Philly, we will be getting a chance to relive the inner Cru Jones in all of us. Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia and others are teaming up to bring us the Rad-inspired bike park, Philly Pumptrack.

The project, yet to establish a firm location, is

Maiden Media Group came to Philadelphia's Old City to be around young and talented creative professionals. To continue to be apart of the local art and creative talent and collaboration, Maiden created Old City Creative Corridor to bring together the local art galleries, design agencies, musicians, painters, photographers and other

Looks like Chinatown's not the only neighborhood to get some new sidewalks. Walking back from brunch this morning, I noticed a huge construction project rolling out on Fishtown's main thoroughfare, Girard Avenue. According to the construction people I talked with, it looks like the project's going to replace the well-worn

A new youth study center will be built at 48th and Haverford in West Philadelphia. The old facility, which is closed and has been functioning at a temporary location in the former Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, was 54 years old and in very poor condition. According to Anne Marie Ambrose, the

Is the Free Library's main branch expansion finally about to get put on the front burner? Potentially great news for Philadelphia's book renters this past weekend as the long talked about $175M expansion and renovation of the Free Library's main branch on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway seems to have picked up some steam.

Landmark Architectural Design (the guys behind South Philly's Pretzel Factory) are working on the new six-story building at 241, 243 and 245 Market Street next to Lucy's, which was recently purchased with new plans in place. We got Vincent Mancini's plans for the project from Landmark (not The Godfather), which includes a

We stopped into Pub & Kitchen this weekend to find the plans for Bedford Cafe, Dan Clark's new (controversial) project we reported about back in March, just sitting out, freshly color-printed and bound at Kinko's. We starting snapping photos with our secret spy cam (Droid, just humor us), knowing the

The Washington Square West Civic Association's relighting project has raised enough to light a particularly dark stretch of 12th Street. The WSWCA has secured full funding for street-light replacement with the assistance of former senator Vince Fumo and a grant of $100K from the state’s Department of Community and Economic Development. City Council member Frank

On March 25, just off the edge of Temple University campus in North Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Housing Authority began its demolition of the 1950s era high-rising Norris Apartments. Instead of controlled implosion with the use of explosives, the PHA’s weapon of choice this time (and for the first time) was