In Northern Liberties

The 800 block of N. American Street is a disaster that's loaded with potential. While the southern end of the block boasts some pretty nice houses, as you get closer to Poplar Street, things get gross fast. The prominent disaster on the block is the rotting ruin of Ortlieb's Brewing

If you’re ever hitting the lanes at North Bowl and wondering why the folks next door are wearing suits and getting valet parking, the reason is Cescaphe Ballroom.  Located at 923 N. 2nd St., this Northern Liberties location has been drawing crowds for 200 years.  As early as the turn of the 19th century, the

Perhaps there is something new and invigorating in the air down along New Market Street in Northern Liberties. No. It isn’t exhaust from I-95. Well it is, but that is not what we mean. We mean rather the string of projects that have recently been presented to the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association (NLNA) along this short strip

Developers for a proposed New Market Street project and members of the Northern Liberties Neighborhood Association zoning committee have been at it for months. After repeated visits to present before the neighborhood, developers tweaked a few final details and the NLNA zoning committee voted to approve the project at its

In Northern Liberties, a new project is slated for a prime location once a few last details are tweaked. Members of the Northern Liberties Neighborhood Association (NLNA) zoning committee recently approved plans for five single-family homes at the northwest corner of 3rd & Brown, across the street from the well established North 3rd. We recommend

A few weeks ago, a reader checked in and gave us the heads up that an overgrown lot at Front & Spring Garden had been cleaned up. This lot was previously full of weeds, and featured little jersey barriers as well as a chain-link fence.

The owner of the property is

A new Lebanese café is slated to open at 708 N. 2nd St. sometime this spring or summer. Members of the Northern Liberties Neighborhood Association (NLNA) zoning committee tentatively approved the café at their Feb. 25 meeting.

The owners already operate two cafes, including Café Cleopatra in University City, a hookah bar that also sells coffee, tea and

If you keep track of their monthly zoning meetings, you know that Northern Liberties is currently in the middle of a development surge. It seems that every other block has a new project sprouting up like a half-million-dollar weed. Today, we bring two such projects to your attention, near 5th

Months ago, we told you that developers had gone before NLNA with a proposal for 11 new homes at Front & Poplar, on a lot that sits between the Penn Treaty Village PENNTHOUSES and I-95. At the time, we wondered whether this development would ever get off the ground due to the

Passing by 413 Fairmount Ave. the other day, we noticed some construction activity at the old Arturo J. Wilson Funeral Home, which closed down in 2011. A dumpster sat out front, and all the windows were gone. We figured we'd get to the bottom of things to see whether a