The PIFA Street Fair will be coming to Broad Street on Saturday, April 30. With an already abundant art scene in Philadelphia, this is an innovative idea that will only add to the artistic caliber of the city. The street fair will come towards the end of the month-long Philadelphia

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North 28 luxury prefab condominiums are moving into Brewerytown at 1238 N. 28th Street. MM Partners, who is spearheading the project, has closed on a construction loan from Beneficial Bank needed to begin building and are looking to finish the project by the end of this summer. The building will

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West Girard Avenue is going to be receiving several bright additions in the very near future. Fairmont CDC (Community Development Corporation) spent Martin Luther King Day, along with more than 20 gracious volunteers, transforming trashcans from drab to fab (yes, these trashcans are fab), which will help to keep West

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Joe Camarota and Alvarez Wax Productions to bring a horror wax museum and restaurant to A.C. Although a few wax museums had their stay (and fall) in A.C. over the years, Camarota is looking for developers to hop on board for this "Hollywood Hot Wax Museum/Restaurant" project. The restaurant will include

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Crocodile Philly is changing hands. The owners of GiGi Restaurant at 319 Market will be taking over pickleback-central Crocodile Philly. Stephenie LaGrossa is one of those owners (as well as one of the most popular contestants on Survivor Palau and Survivor Guatemala) to turn 110 Chestnut into the reported 879, a sports bar backed by two Eagles,

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On Friday at 5pm, while many enjoyed their happy hour sliders at Rouge, an intoxicated man was stabbed right at the corner of 18th and Walnut. "A doorman at one of the luxury highrises surrounding the park described the men as appearing to be homeless." The actual violence was

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Let’s play a game. A “fully fit-out restaurant/bar” with “incredible architecture with high ceilings” is up for sale, complete with kitchen equipment, table and chairs. Hmm. What restaurant near Second and Chestnut fits that description? Is it trendy Dolce or perhaps Paradigm? Your guess?

UPDATE: Robert La Scala (who operates LaScala's

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Charlie Vatori, the current owner of Charlie's Pub at 114 N. Third Street, would love to take over 17 N. Third Street (the former Carmelita Boutique), but it hasn't proved so easy for him. Vatori would like to convert the space to a restaurant that will occupy the first and second floors,

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There are big plans in the works for even more progression to North Broad Street. Earlier this month, Mayor Nutter, EB Realty Management Corp. (Eric Blumenfeld's company, the man behind the foreclosed Marine Club) and PMC Property Group announced the start of the redevelopment project. The $43M 600 N.

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There are plans for a new entertainment venue/restaurant at the Old St. John’s Church located at 1028 N. Third Street. Bart Blatstein's Tower Investments, who has owned the building for quite some time now, is looking to turn the space into a 350-seat concert/show venue that will serve food and will

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