In Rittenhouse

You may remember last week, when we profiled a couple of former cinemas on Chestnut Street which have been turned into retail stores. In the heyday of moving picture houses, there were over fifty that were scattered across Center City, with concentrations on Chestnut and Market Streets. But as the

Plans seem to be moving ahead for 1441 Chestnut St., once slated to be a $420M Waldorf-Astoria before national and local real estate markets collapsed in 2008, fainting like depleted runners low on nutrients and water. New developers appeared before the Center City Residents Association at its August 28 zoning meeting, and

After our story yesterday about the Pomerantz building at 1525 Chestnut St., a reader checked in, wondering about the architecture of the retail space a couple doors down, which currently contains a Mandee. And they were right to wonder; this storefront doesn't exactly look like a typical location offering "casual

A reader checked in the other day, looking for more info on 1525 Chestnut St., known to many as the A. Pomerantz Building. This building was constructed in 1917, and designed by Simon & Bassett, according to the Preservation Alliance. It was home to an office supply business for decades,

In the spring, we told you about Lombard Estates, an 11-home development going up on the 1800 block of Lombard Street. At the time, we had just come from a CCRA zoning meeting where neighbors and the developers seemed at odds over certain aspects of the project, including height, rear

A reader checked in the other day, wondering why the northeast corner of 22nd & Lombard is a parking lot. Considering its stellar Fitler Square location, one would think that developers would have picked this 60'x68' property up years ago and constructed new homes on this site, probably with some

Back in February, we told you that a Starbucks would be moving into the northwest corner of 18th & Spruce, replacing a Cleaners and the shuttered Savoy Market. As we now lurch uncomfortably into September, the new coffee spot is apparently only a few days away from opening. While we're

Though Rittenhouse Square Park is only a block and a half wide, the street "Rittenhouse Square" runs all the way from 17th Street to 21st Street (and also, strangely, between 22nd and 23rd Streets).

As you can imagine with such a ritzy location, the homes on Rittenhouse Square are some of

Over a year ago, we initially told you about the likelihood that the buildings at the corner of 15th & Walnut would be torn down and replaced with a slightly taller new construction building with all new tenants. In the spring, we updated this story, having learned that Cheesecake Factory,

Over a year ago, we told you about 325 S. 18th St., a nearly 5,000 sqft shell on the corner of 18th & Delancey. This building has been vacant for over a decade, and changed hands three times in the last few years for as little as $50K and as