Chris Stock's design build company, The Stock Group, was in need of reclaimed materials. Entrepreneurial Stock solved the problem by creating Philadelphia Salvage as a source for recycled and reusable building materials, which would help keep the debris out of the landfills near Philly. Philadelphia Salvage has been using their reclaimed materials (not just

About 70 people showed up last night for the South Philly Food Co-op community forum to learn about the soon-to-be member-controlled co-op for local and organic groceries (for those who don't want to visit Lancaster County every time they need more bread).

The co-op will be a place where anyone can

The 2011 Philly Spring Cleanup is set for April 2 this year. The last three Spring Cleanups have been newsworthy, specifically the 2008 effort, which was the largest one-day cleanup in American history. The Fourth Annual event will be held 9am - 2pm and the Philadelphia Streets Department program and

With Stephen Rodriquez's new development going in on 23rd; the South Street Bridge open; and Honey's Sit N' Eat, City Fitness and Doggy Style moving in on 21st and South, the western area of Graduate Hospital seems to be hitting it's stride. We've just received news that the Dollar General on 23rd and

Max Glass, a consultant at JM & Company, is taking on his first big development project in Graduate Hospital. Glass, a University of Pennsylvania graduate,  has proposed the demolition of the existing building at 2149 Catherine Street to create a three-story building with commercial space on the first floor, offices on the

The University of Pennsylvania has partnered with Parks & Recreation (not Amy Poehler) to give away 300 free trees to faculty and staff who own homes in Philly. The Tree Giveaway with Mayor Nutter will be on Thursday, March 31, on College Green at 1pm, where pre-registered participants can pick

Brian McManus, the music editor and a contributing food writer at Philadelphia Weekly, has a 168-page paperback in the works. Philadelphia's Best Dive Bars: Drinking and Diving in the City of Brotherly Love is a compilation of McManus' seasoned experience helping people to "find out where to get wasted after visiting the

The new Bicycle Revolutions is moving to its new shop at 756 S. Fourth Street today at 11am! The move means they are taking everything (include Buda, the store dog) from the old location at 712 S. Fourth Street to the bright green and pink interior of the new digs.

Vape is the cool new term for those who use electronic cigarettes, those Gattaca-looking things that light up just like a real cancer stick but omit only water vapor. Thankfully for the rest of us who need oxygen to breath, e-cigs have become very popular (when Katherine Heigl and David Letterman

On a tip from a reader, we headed over to the northwest corner of 17th and Christian Streets to check out a new window-laden first-floor corner retail space. Luckily for us, the owner, Gus Tolson, was there for us to mysteriously question as a possible buyer. The renovated 1000-square-foot space with new