In Bella Vista

We get all kinds of emails here at Naked Philly, with readers pointing out run-of-the-mill development activity, interesting looking buildings, and assorted oddities around town. The other day, a reader tipped us off to some religious-looking overgrowth in a parking lot on the 700 block of Catharine, one of our

South of Bainbridge, 11th Street changes from the one-way, northbound street that you'll find throughout Center City, into a fairly wide, two-way boulevard (with bike lanes!). This curious stretch extends all the way to Reed Street, where it stops entirely for a couple of blocks, interrupted by the former site

Royal Tavern is one of our favorite bars in Philly. We've been there dozens of times over the years, and the nachos are so good that we don't even care how much we smell nachos after we devour them. Down the block is the also excellent Dive Bar, and across

After we told y'all about the massive residential development potentially coming to the 1300 block of Bainbridge Street in the near future, a reader checked in, asking about a couple of mysterious vacant lots nearby. It's already curious that the northeast and southwest corners of 13th & Kater are vacant,

If you've ever walked down 8th Street in Bella Vista, it's probable that you've noticed Columbus Hall, a double-wide building at 744-46 S. 8th St., which has housed the Mama Yolanda's restaurant for decades. The building has been on and off the market since 2000, most recently listed for $1M.

In neighborhoods like Hawthorne and Graduate Hospital, residents yearn for more retail and commercial options in the neighborhood. In Bella Vista, the staggering number of restaurants and shops, along with the presence of the Italian Market means that one fewer commercial space doesn't make much of a difference. We give

Last week, we excitedly told you about the official opening of the new Hawthorne Park, at 12th & Catharine. On the blocks surrounding this park, as we told you before, are 245 homes that have been built by PHA in the last ten years. A mixture of rentals and owner

A few months ago, we reported that Cafe Bookz-n-Beanz filled a vacant coffee shop space at 10th & Carpenter in Bella Vista.  Not long before that, we noted that Filter Cafe had taken over the very same space. It seems that at some point, between Filter converting to the colorful Bookz-n-Beanz, it was changed

At the corner of 9th and Bainbridge Streets, just a few steps away from Chapterhouse, construction on two homes is moving along nicely. The home on the corner was a source of controversy when it was initially proposed, as it was to cover the “Autumn” mural, by David Guinn. Now, as

According to Michael Klein, Growlers will be opening at 736 S 8th St. at some point toward the end of the summer. This address, at the southwest corner of 8th and Fitzwater Streets, was home to Vesuvio for years, and home to a concept called Little Bar for what seemed