In Rittenhouse

On 20th St., just below Delancey Pl., there's been considerable construction activity going on for a couple of months now. The building immediately to the north, 2000-02 Delancey Pl., has been under construction for even longer. According to the developer's website, 2000 Delancey is a LEED certified, four-unit condo conversion

As you may recall, a couple of months ago we sarcastically ranted about the impending addition of another Dunkin Donuts to the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood. Whelp, D&D was rejected last month by the ZBA due to what we understand to be neighborhood opposition, so the future was seemingly up

Early this summer, Rittenhouse Park received the artistic addition of a "Shirtless Thugs" tag on a central wall in the square. It appears to have gone untouched or at least imperfectly removed by Friends of Rittenhouse Square, the Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network, and the city itself; you know, the organizations that

1800 Pine St., purchased earlier this year by Priscilla Luce for $1.225M, is currently undergoing serious interior demolition. The building itself is huge. The interior square footage is nearly 5500 sqft., it's twenty feet wide and goes ninety feet back, all the way to Waverly St. The facade of the

 
For the seven of you who are not down the shore this weekend, we encourage you to check out today's somewhat under-publicized Rittenhouse Square Block Party. A block of 18th St. will be closed to cars as Rouge, Parc, and Devon turn their sidewalk seating into street seating until 10pm.

After thirty-one years in business at 306 S. 16th St., Warsaw Cafe closed its doors earlier this year. Its former home is currently on the market for about $2.2M, which includes the restaurant along with a store and four apartments at 1602 Spruce St. While most of us are certainly

According to an A.D. Amorosi article in last week's Inquirer, the Foodery will be opening a new location at 22nd and South Sts. in the near future. For those who have never heard of the Foodery, <GASP!> there are two excellent locations at this time. The original, at 10th and

A reader has tipped us off that the buildings on the southeast corner of 15th and Walnut Sts. might not be long for this world.

 
The corner building currently houses Miga, Elixr, and Panache Hair Design, and has not had a tenant in the corner space since Bank of America moved

This 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house offers only about 950 sqft. of living space, but its location and the block it sits on provide tremendous value. The house is historic and has a shuttered front door, a brick side sidewalk outside, and original pine floors throughout. The first floor has

The southeast corner of 22nd and Chestnut, currently home to the CareRx Pharmacy which lies adjacent to the Sidney Hillman Medical Center, was once the corner of a residential block featuring architecture of Wilson Eyre. The building depicted in this pre-1922 photograph showcases the William Bradford Residence in its