In Queen Village

About two and a half years ago, news first broke about plans for a new bar/restaurant at 780-782 S. 2nd St., an address that was formerly home to Il Villaggio. Stephen Simons, owner of the Khyber Pass Pub, Royal Tavern, and Cantina restaurants, had his eye on a Japanese gastropub

Over the summer, we looked at the history of 615 S. 6th St., most recently known as the Antiquarian's Delight. If you pass by this building, you don't have to look to carefully to notice that it wasn't always a flea market. Even if you can't read Hebrew, you can

About a year ago, we first brought 112-120 Christian St. to your attention, noting that the former home of the Scandinavian Shipping Supply Co. had been on the market for $1.5M but was already under contract. At the time, we wondered whether the buyers would go with town homes on this huge

Last week, we learned from Plan Philly about plans for seventy-five new homes on a currently overgrown lot bordered by Columbus Blvd, Catharine Street, and I-95. JKR Partners did the design work for this new mini-neighborhood, which would clearly be a step up from the current situation on this lot.

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About six months ago, when we last checked in on 817-19 S. 5th St. in Queen Village, the old buildings that had stood at this address for almost  two-hundred years had been demolished and a new structure had risen in their place. Passing by the other day, it appeared to us as

Two summers ago, we wondered about 718-24 S. 2nd St., a blighted string of properties that stuck out on a charming Queen Village block like a sore thumb. These homes represented part of a stalled project that finally went to sheriff's sale last year,

The 1000 block of Reese Street is a carriage-sized road just north of Washington in between 5th and 6th Streets. The entrance to this teeny block is on Carpenter Street, across from a string of new row homes. And about three quarters of the way down this block is where a

While you can debate the virtues of gambling dens in downtown Philadelphia until the cows come home, you can't argue with the fact that Sugarhouse is trying hard to make a name for itself outside the world of slot machines and blackjack. One such effort is the Sugarhouse Outdoor Summer

The baroque-styled structure at 615 S. 6th St. has long attracted the curiosity of passersby.  Until just this past month, the building housed a modestly-sized mall of antique vendors.  By far the most intriguing relic was the building itself though.  According to Phila Place, the building was built in 1905 as Chevra B’nai Reuben,

Christian Street Lagoon. It sounds like a place for teenage lovers. What it is actually is the birth of a two-year Queen Village art project to raise awareness about stormwater management and educate residents and passersby about how water travels under our streets and into our streams.

If you walk along