In Graduate Hospital

Back in March we reported on the new townhomes coming to Grays Ferry and 25th. Noah Ostroff of Coldwell Banker let us know that two homes are currently built and both are sold, with four more coming soon. The new construction three-bedroom, three-bathroom townhomes have garages, video camera security systems, mosaic tile
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Although there are no tenants secured to date, the project at 2149 Catharine Street received ZBA approval on Tuesday, April 26. The proposal, approved by SOSNA in March, outlines commercial use on the ground floor and second floor. The architect on the project, Qb Design, will be working on the 16 x
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Michael Howett and John McWilliams are working on getting a new home built on the top two floors of 2101 Christian Street, but once they have a place to live (priorities people) they will begin work on the sandwich shop for the first floor, if all goes well with their
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Back in March we reported about the development on 21st and South Streets in Graduate Hospital. One of the tenants, City Fitness, is forging ahead the interior design for the new fitness center, and we have the plans. The two-story, 17,000-square-foot space will have a large array of cardio equipment (each with
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We stopped into Pub & Kitchen this weekend to find the plans for Bedford Cafe, Dan Clark's new (controversial) project we reported about back in March, just sitting out, freshly color-printed and bound at Kinko's. We starting snapping photos with our secret spy cam (Droid, just humor us), knowing the
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We've tried for weeks now to get in touch with Adam Ritter, owner of The Sidecar Bar & Grille, when we saw the construction going on above 22nd and Christian Streets. Since we couldn't find Ritter, we invited ourselves into the construction site but found a smile wouldn't get us
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Chef Tony Inchote---of Dmitri's, Susanna Foo and Twenty Manning fame---will be opening Sawatdee (a Thai greeting meaning "Hello. How are you?") at 1501 South Street at the old Pico De Gallo location. Inchote will be preparing traditional Thai food (i.e: pad Thai, curries, stir-fried basil) as well as many vegetarian dishes, and
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Front page on Philly.com today is the continuation of one of Nakedphilly's stories from late March, the Philadelphia Housing Authority's $1M lesson in listening to the community. This time the argument is over parking; "PHA submitted a plan without parking or an approved loading zone on 20th Street to accommodate
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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.
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Gary P. Steuer, Philadelphia's chief cultural officer and director of the city's Office of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy would like to see the parcels at the northeast (owned by New York-based Hudson River Capital) and northwest (marketed by Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation) corners of Broad and Washington developed. "Given the Avenue of the
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