In Bella Vista

It's been nearly a decade since Bella Vista was named the best neighborhood in Philadelphia, and this highly walkable neighborhood continues to shine. People are eager to live here, but the neighborhood is dominated by single family homes, with prevailing zoning limiting the potential for apartment rentals. So we were

Irv's Ice Cream opened their first brick and mortar shop on Friday at 932 E Passyunk Ave., after honing their business selling delectable treats out of a cart on the Cherry Street pier. Despite zoning records showing this property had previously been used for woodworking and an auto-body shop, the

The southwest corner of 8th & Bainbridge offers a bit of a break from the typical streetscape in the area, with a low-rise corner building with parking for some reason. This property has looked like this for decades, and was seemingly a gas station way back when. So... it could

Bella Vista translates to "beautiful view," and it's abundantly clear to see why the neighborhood is named this when strolling through on a brilliant spring day. With the tree buds still exploding into their chartreuse glory, the neighborhood is indeed as pretty as a picture. This picture, at 825 Bainbridge

We dove deep into the history of 500 South St. a decade ago, describing its numerous iterations over the years. To summarize - a photo studio occupied the building around 1900, before a pivot to a fabric store and then a clothing store through the 1960s. If you remember South

When meandering around town the other day, we noticed work taking place on the triangular building at 934-44 E. Passyunk Ave. which we first alluded to back in the early days of Naked Philly. Formerly Napoli Pizza, this corner looked much the same over the last decade plus, when other

Real estate development can at times hold more twists and turns than even Benoit Blanc could piece together. But occasionally, there are surprises which are very positive in nature, with the property at 825 Bainbridge St. in Bella Vista being a shining example. We were here what seemed like not

Bella Vista is such a quintessential Philly neighborhood, with rows of rowhomes running up against neighborhood businesses. Dante & Luigi's might be the archetypal South Philly small business, as the oldest Italian restaurant in the city, proudly gracing the northwest corner of 10th & Catherine. As much as we'd love

Every now and then, the timing of our site visits can be quite serendipitous, with our arrival coinciding with some sort of fun or cool event (Note: our definition of "fun" and "cool" might be biased towards this sort of thing). It had been a minute since we stopped in

Buildings can stand out from the crowd for many reasons. Extreme height, grand design, topographical boosts from a hilltop can all lead buildings to have a disproportionately large impact. When driving east on Washington Ave. the other day, we couldn't help but notice a large, yellow and green presence at