In Old City

Waterfront property takes on its most literal meaning in Old City. Here, where the hustle and bustle of the city meets the ebb and flow of the Piers Marina at 31 N. Columbus Boulevard, you’ll find a way of life uncommon to Philadelphians. Known as “Philadelphia’s Center City Marina," this

Residents were dismayed when the Snow White Diner at 200 Market Street closed down on Easter Sunday of 2010. The diner’s long history (originally opened in the 1950s) had residents anxious for a happening change. Now, after almost a year of construction, the city landmark has finally been refreshed.

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A new drawing presented by attorney Stephen Pollock (made in April) for the restaurant/bar proposal at 17 North Third Street shows some drastic changes to the original design idea. Architect Dan Bosin created potential blueprints (not design renderings) for the layout of the Charlie and Deborah Vaturi’s new project. In

Scott Wasserman, owner of appRenaissance, moved his office from Wayne to 309 Cherry Street, in January 2011.  The space is collaborative, BizEquity and Gallery 309 sharing with appRenaissance. Co-functioning spaces like this are popping up all over Old City and Northern Liberties, with Devnuts and Indy Hall, we're seeing a

Finally, a reason to love the Philadelphia Parking Authority! Up to 1,500 bike racks are being installed this week as an effort to re-use the parking meters replaced by Kiosks last year. The 500 block of Race Street was getting their meter makeover this morning, while other PPA members are

"PlanPhilly noticed some construction activity in front of the old Jumbo Theater in Fishtown. The last we heard, developer Avram Hornik pulled out from a project that would have refurbished the historically significant, century-old theater by creating a music venue and restaurant in the space. We tracked down the construction company

Hopefully this June will not only boast the festivities of a First Friday in Philly, but also the opening of a new cheese eatery at 160 North Third Street, the Old City Civic Association tells us. Old City husband-and-wife team Kirk Nelson and Lisa Ruff have invited Rebecca Torpie, the

The wheat pastings and neglected facade of 12 N. Third Street would have you believe that only raccoons live there. In what was formerly the headquarters of the kitchen design group Teknika, the property now boasts three floors of work space for Web Linc's second location. President Darren Hill invited us

This week Joe Schiavo, vice chair of the OCC Developments Committee, informed us that councilman DiCicco has decided that the proposed street closing on Church Street’s one-hundred block will no longer proceed. Schiavo says that councilman DiCicco felt that this was too much of a contentious issue and that the

It's been eight years since Rudolph Giuliani was knighted and Italy adopted the euro. It's also been eight years since the Old City property at Second and Arch Streets had a mom (NakedPhilly reminder: Mother's Day is this Sunday). The former Trenton China Pottery building (actually, nine of them, totaling 55K