In Rittenhouse

Today of all days would be a lousy day to visit Schuylkill River Park, but it's been a mild enough winter that perhaps you've found yourself over there at some point in the last couple of months. And if you have indeed ended up there, you've probably noticed that the

The 1600 block of South Street has become much more delicious in the last couple of years as a bevy of new restaurants have joined the South Street West corridor. Tio Flores was the most recent addition, opening a few months back at the corner of 16th & South in

The 1700 block of Addison Street is one of the lovelier stretches you'll find in the Rittenhouse neighborhood. Almost without exception, the block features three-story Greek Revival rowhomes that date back to the years before the Civil War. We're not usually such big believers that architectural repetition equals beauty but

We last visited the intersection of 15th & Walnut about half a year ago (from a writing perspective that is - we've probably walked or driven or biked past this intersection dozens of times in the last six months), when renovation work was getting underway at 1501 Walnut St. and construction was still ongoing

We were so excited a couple weeks back when we shared renderings of Southern Land Company's latest proposal for 1911 Walnut Street, a plan that would transform a long-vacant lot that sits across the street from Rittenhouse Square. At the end of last week, the developers sent out a press

When we last last visited the Boyd Theater on the 1900 block of Chestnut Street about six months ago, we told you that plans for a boutique movie theater had fallen through and that Pearl Properties had purchased the old movie palace. At the time, we were pleased to learn that

The vacant lot on the 1900 block of Walnut Street, across from Rittenhouse Square, has embarrassing the neighborhood for over twenty years. Over the years, a variety of possible projects have come down the pike for this property, including a large parking lot and movie theater project from the PPA.Current

What a slog it's been for the northwest corner of 17th & South. For years, this large and prominent lot sat vacant.In the pastIt was therefore with great excitement that, in the summer of 2011, we shared the news that developers were planning a new mixed-use building for this address.

Many months ago, we attended a Center City Residents' Association meeting at which the developers for the Hudson Hotel presented plans for their proposed project at the corner of 17th & Chancellor. The plan called for the demolition of the four-story building which not only contains a parking garage but

Chestnut Street has seen a serious retail revival in recent years, marking a major recovery from the damage caused by the Chestnut Street Transitway (and Philly's general malaise through the early 1990s). Stores like Uniqlo and Nordstrom Rack have opened their first downtown locations on Chestnut. Joan Shepp, seeking more