In Old City

One of our favorite pastimes is to wander the streets, ducking into alleys and narrow lanes to see what we can see. When walking along Chestnut St. in Old City the other day, we glanced down the narrow Bank Ln., where a tall, yellow presence caught our attention.We found ourselves

Stephen Starr is such a staple in the Philadelphia restaurant revival of the late 1990s and early 2000s, that you may have forgotten that his first venture into the biz was in 1995 at the SE corner of 2nd & Market St., where he opened the Continental. This vibey restaurant/lounge

2028 may be several years away, but that won't stop us thinking about Penn's Landing Park here in 2024. You've likely heard about it by now, but this 11.5-acre, $400+ million park has been in the works for years, with plans to completely revitalize the unfriendly hardscaping of the woefully

The more things change, the more things stay the same is something that rings true more and more to us these days, with real estate being no exception. Take for example the bustling, action-packed Vine St. in Old City, where just a month back we took a moment to soak

When we were visiting the on-the-market Painted Bride the other day, we couldn't help but hint at the crazy amount of action taking place along just one block of Vine St. in Old City. As we peered west from the corner of N. 2nd & Vine, we were struck by

We have spent plenty of time on Vine St. in Old City recently, as projects are popping up and wrapping up left and right. This has been one of the busier streets in the area, with the Painted Bride serving something of an axis around which everything else spun. Funnily

Is there any place in Philadelphia that's better than Old City on a sunny day? Maybe, but we'll be doggoned if it's not up near the very top. One part of Old City that doesn't get as much love as the more famous stops towards Independence Hall is the north

Less than three weeks ago, we made some predictions for the year to come, naming a few neighborhoods where we expect to see development news would be come in hot for the year ahead. Old City was not on this list. But lo and behold, we find ourselves back in

"Welcome Park is our favorite public space in Philadelphia" said approximately no one ever in the history of our rapidly expanding universe. And yet here we are in the midst of controversy, thanks to a statue, a retracted plan, and an unfortunate communication strategy by the National Parks Service. A

We were making our way around a lovely but cold Independence National Historical Park the other day, when we were surprised to come across what looked to be a fenced construction site smack dab in the middle of the park near 3rd & Chestnut. As we hopped across the dip