In Queen Village

We were drawn to the 4th & Queen intersection recently, thanks to a reader wondering about a zoning notice on the southeast corner. This building was renovated a few years back, along with a number of buildings to the south. That renovation included the closing of Queen Village Pizza and

They're few and far between, but even the finest neighborhoods in town have their share of vacant properties. Take, for example, 224 Catharine St., a row home in Queen Village that sits right next to Mario Lanza Park and has been sitting empty for the last few years. A reader

Everything must go on Fabric Row, at least on the block just south of Bainbridge Street. A few months ago, we told you that Famous 4th Street Deli was listed for sale for $5M, in a listing that included the bricks of its home, the double wide building at the southwest corner of

Snockey's Oyster House was one of the most fabled restaurants in Philadelphia, serving seafood to the masses since 1912. It was with heavy hearts that the Snock family closed the business at the end of 2015, but according to Philly.com, it was an aging ownership and a younger generation not

A reader reached out recently about some ongoing demolition activity at the southeast corner of 6th & Fitzwater, something we had noticed previously and totally forgotten about. Ah, we've gotta get on our game! We visited this intersection once before, years ago, when a hair salon opened on the northwest

We've always kinda had a thing for 514 Fitzwater St., one of the more unique structures in Queen Village. Perhaps you've noticed it in your travels around town, it's really pretty striking with its painted bricks, colorful cornice, and use of tile and ice cube windows on the first floor.

We were cruising down Fabric Row the other day and spotted an orange sign at 768 S. 4th St., a building at the corner of 4th & Fulton. We'd have to imagine that a fabric store of some kind once made its home on the first floor of this building,

Famous 4th Street Delicatessen has one of the more accurately descriptive names you'll ever see in the restaurant business. It is indeed on 4th Street, specifically where 4th Street hits Bainbridge at the top of Fabric Row. It's very much a deli, serving gigantic meat sandwiches and baking all sorts

A few hundred years ago, William Penn planned out our "greene country towne" as a grid broken up by five squares. And the core of Philadelphia has pretty much retained that design. But as our city has evolved over the centuries, different spaces have emerged that break away unexpectedly from

Over the last week or so, Queen Village has seen two new eateries open their doors, both of which have been a very long time coming. Unfortunately, one of them will likely have a much tougher road than the other. So let's consider the tougher one first, eh?We first looked