In Washington Square West

According to this story from the Daily News, a new, six story building will soon rise at 249-57 S 13th St., currently a vacant lot and a two story parking garage owned by the RDA. As you can see in the photo below from 1959, the garage once had four

A large, vacant commercial space at 1222 Walnut St. was, for years, home to Stapler Dress N Drape. A large space in Center City, with a friendly staff, its existence allowed folks hunting for fabric to avoid the shlep down to Fabric Row. After it closed in 2006, the building

In December, we speculated on the new tenant for the prime retail space at Broad and Chestnut Sts., which most recently held a Borders location for about a decade. And when zoning notices went up on this building last week, we started making some phone calls to find out what

A reader checked in with us, asking if we had the lowdown about 1214 Chestnut St., a vacant commercial space that's just two doors down from the planned Hotel Indigo. You may (or may not) recall that last February, we told you about a planned restaurant for this location, designed

The Boilermaker quickly and quietly slipped into Blue Bear Tavern's space last weekend, at 216 S 11th St. As previously reported, Blue Bear was under construction for what seemed like an eternity, finally holding its grand opening in October.  It was only operating for about 6 months before it went dark a few weeks

Esteemed developer Virgil Procaccino has an agreement of sale to purchase the Pain Center, located on the southeast corner of 12th and Lombard Sts.

Unfortunately named but rather well located, this medical center's days appear to be numbered, contrary to our speculations back in September. At the time, we suggested that a

Ever wanted to dance and drink the night away, but felt guilty about all the energy and environmental impact?  Well, worry no more!  Philadelphia is about to get its first eco-friendly nightclub, coming our way from New York City and Miami.  Greenhouse, New York's first LEED-certified club, is currently in build-out mode at 725

We were in the neighborhood today and spotted a liquor license application on the boarded up front of 1305 Locust St., right next door to the wildly popular NEST. This location was home to Camac for a couple of years, and to Girasole for many years before that, before their

A reader tipped us off that a commercial space is currently for rent on the first floor of the gorgeous and unique Witherspoon Building, at 1319 Walnut St.

The building was built in 1896, and was one of the tallest buildings in the city at the time of its construction. Designed

Back in August, we dropped some knowledge about some new retail coming to 12th & Spruce Sts. One of the tenants, Odd Fellows Cafe, named after the five story, 12,000 square foot historic building in which they're housed, finally opened this past Sunday, a few months past their originally scheduled