The scene outside of South Philadelphia HOMES on the 1400 block of Point Breeze Avenue last night at 6pm was a disarray of violent protesting. Members of the Concerned Citizens of Point Breeze held signs that read “Save Point Breeze," calling anyone who dared to enter "gentrifiers." The meeting that

Construction has sped up today at the site of Stephen Starr's Fishtown "Bier Garten" on Frankford Avenue between Girard and Thompson. Heavy machinery and large--very large, in fact--trees are on site as construction workers tell us they're working on the much anticipated restaurant's court yard. Now we don't know a whole

Seven years ago Alon Barzilay looked out of the window at Bourbon Blue onto the 1860's building across the street and called his friend David Waxman. The 3 Rector Street building had everything to make an unbeatable residential project: a great location, perfect neighborhood, waterfront lot, cobblestone street and access

A camera-phone toting tipster snapped us this shot of movers hauling out furniture from Kenny Gamble's home at 15th and Webster Streets. What does this mean? Probably that he's moving.

"Audrey Claire Taichman, owner of Audrey Claire and Twenty Manning Grill, is venturing outside the realm of restaurants with her latest project COOK, a collaborative kitchen-classroom that will be used for cooking lessons, demonstrations and conversations in addition to being a cookware/pantry boutique and bookstore during the day."

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We love marketing geniuses and Peach Street Distillers' TuB Gin's plan to make five locations in Philly into a covert speakeasy tonight has earned our respect (but then immediately lost it with its trendy capitalization of the brand name). Today is the official anniversary of alcohol resuming it's circulation into

Did you cry when Bambi’s mother was shot dead by the hunter in Disney’s famous animated forest tale? Well, we didn’t because us foxes are raised in the woods and the woods are tough. We did shed a tear, however, when Bambi Gallery----the artist consignment shop created by

On a tip from a reader, we trekked out to the northwest corner of Fifth and Washington Avenue to see what trouble we could get into. What we found when we arrived was that the man who was walking away from the site as we were walking up was the owner, and

The second annual Clark Park Community Grants are now accepting proposals for projects to enhance the nine-acre park from permanent improvements to plants or signage. The grants will be awarded for one or more projects (up to $3K) and judging by last year's winning improvements including the maintenance of 30 new trees by UC Green Corps, this year should

On Wednesday, May 11, at 6pm you will have a chance to see Philadelphia's newest park, Race Street Pier, on the Delaware River. This preview event will give you a change to see the new outdoor open space from the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation and the City of Philadelphia, which