In Logan Square

In the fall, we told you about the upcoming reimagining of the 2040 Market St., formerly the AAA Building. Passing by the other day, we observed quite a bit of progress.

The eight floor addition to the front of the building appears to be nearing completion. PMC Property Group, the owners

Back in January, we updated you on the progress of the renovations at Sister Cities Park, what was previously a somewhat underwhelming green space directly to the east of Logan Square. As we originally told you over a year ago, this renovation included design work from DIGSAU architects, Pennoni Associates and landscape architect Bryan

As you've surely noticed over the last decade, Wawa has been making a steady trek away from the corner store model that we've come to know and love over the years, and toward a suburban concept, including the sale of reasonably priced gasoline. While that's well and good for our parents

There’s a new and potentially soothing store coming to Rodin Place in Logan Square. This month, members of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association voted to not to oppose franchisees application to open a Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa at 2000 Hamilton St., via email. Plans are for a September opening, but before that renovations must occur.

“Everything

The Four Seasons is a sanctuary of opulence amid the bustle of Logan Square.  Enclosed by 18th, 19th, Race, and Cherry Streets, the five-star hotel brand came to Philly in the 1980s.

More than a century before the hotel boom came to Philadelphia, the city experienced a medical industry boom.  Among the many specialty treatment

We admit, we're not big Peco fans. Sure, they sell us the delicious electricity needed to run our air conditioners, refrigerators, and Playstations, but there's just something about sending that check each and every month that keeps us from feeling all warm and fuzzy. On the other hand, Peco has

Not only does the Franklin Institute have a walk-through replica of the human heart and a sculpture of Ben Franklin the size of a dinosaur, but it also has a colorful history that predates its instatement at 20th and Race Sts. by more than a century.

Indeed, the Institute predates the Benjamin Franklin Parkway

A new restaurant and bar, what sort we have yet to discover, is coming to 1822 Spring Garden St., perhaps by mid-summer.

The Logan Square Neighborhood Association voted not to oppose applicants seeking permits for a new eat-in restaurant at the site. A neighborhood development agreement (NDA) evolved out of the process because this application

The Center City Whole Foods located in Logan Square is evolving, so much so that this month the Whole Foods folks scheduled a meeting with members of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA) and local residents to discuss constructing a surface-level parking lot for 54 cars.

Whole Foods leases their building from Sheldon Stein, a gentleman who has leased the air rights above the

Way back in 1812, when we were still worried about crazy things like tuberculosis and the British invading America, the Academy of Natural Sciences was founded "for the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences, and the advancement of useful learning." This weekend, the museum kicks off a yearlong celebration of