In Passyunk Square

A wide, kind of rough looking former auto shop caught our eye today while we were in the neighborhood. 1412-14 S. 7th St. has been on and off the market for years, most recently listed for just under $300K until coming off the market last week.

Simply looking at this place,

Years ago, when we lived in the Passyunk Square neighborhood, we frequented ABC Wok, a takeout Chinese place at 1305 E. Passyunk Ave., just south of Pat's Steaks. Shortly before we moved away, our favorite $4 dinner place closed up shop, eventually being replaced by a (totally boring) Metro PCS

Over the weekend, we noticed that the Broad Street Diner at Broad & Ellsworth Sts. has made some serious progress since the last time we passed by, with a shiny new sign and even shinier new facade improvements. As we mentioned in August, Michael Petrogiannis, of the Melrose along with

For many Passyunk Square residents, most of the bars on Passyunk Ave. don't always feel like home. Especially on weekends, when hipsters from across the city descend onto otherwise wonderful places like P.O.P.E. and Cantina, locals don't necessarily have the pick of the litter for a comfortable nighttime pint. Enter

The Passyunk Square Civic Association will be holding their annual neighborhood home tour on Saturday, November 5th from noon to 4pm. Once again, residents in the Passyunk Square area will have the opportunity to offer self guided tours of their spaces to the community. This is an event that takes

A long vacant lot at 1203 Ellsworth St. that has been a small community garden for several years was recently introduced to Mr. Backhoe. Murray Development LLC purchased the property for $95K back in June, and appears to be preparing to build a new home on this property.

The 960 sqft

For years, we've seen older gentlemen sitting outside at cafe tables at 1501 S. 12th St., at the corner of 12th and Dickinson Sts., playing cards, hanging out, and speaking Italian. Though this area has become more vibrant in recent years with the revival of Passyunk Ave. and the ever-more-crowded

We were out and about in South Philly and noticed an addition being built at the corner of Juniper and Wharton Sts., on top of a sizable garage.

You'll notice that the garage door in the front of the building has been transformed into two windows, and the height of the

We were gliding down South Broad St. today, with thoughts of another parade in our heads (or at least a win tonight, please God), when we were stopped dead in our tracks by an orange Liquor License application in the window at 1131 S. Broad St.

In case the name on

For reasons we don't really understand, a few streets in the Passyunk Square neighborhood break their east to west path and suddenly turn at an angle and become perpendicular to the diagonal E. Passyunk Ave. While this makes for some stressful driving and confusing walking, it also creates some oddly