In Washington Square West

If you are ever on Locust St. between 12th and 13th Sts., you might notice the last wooden street in Philadelphia and possibly America. Camac St., the so-called "Little Street of Clubs," is paved with one-thousand oak cubes between Locust and Walnut Sts. It is the

Thousands of people walk by this building every day and think nothing of it. And with good reason- it looks like it's either a lapsed construction site or simply a poorly sealed vacant property on a block with several other empty spaces. Looking at 1021 Chestnut St. today, you would

After about a year and a half of working their way through city bureaucracy and dealing with serious aggravation from the Carpenter's Union, Milkboy Coffee opened today at 11th and Chestnut Sts. The owners have been dealing with union picketers at their Ardmore location, a giant inflatable rat outside their

Blue Bear Tavern is the new "American Tavern" filling the Doc Watson's space at 216 S. 11th Street. The former Doc Watson's Pub, which opened way back when in 1971 and closed in February 2010, has been a perpetual construction zone since it was purchased by Vesper Hospitality Group. These guys are the investors behind

 
Aiming to open in August, NEST will provide parents and kids with an indoor play space to enjoy. A popular offering in major cities across the US, and even as close as Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia is finally catching up and parents will only have to go as far as 13th

Before the 1100 block of Walnut St. was home to the Forrest Theater, which was built in 1927, it was home to such venues as the Russian and Turkish Bath House at 1104 Walnut Street. The bath house provided the street with a stylistically Middle Eastern flair, making use

According to whispers we're hearing, the nearly 19K sqft. Garden of the Arts on the northeast corner of Broad and South Sts. is going to be developed by Dranoff Properties. Sources at PIDC, currently the owners of the property, tell us that Dranoff will construct a six story building with

This quaint and quiet corner, complete with a fully-matured elm tree, was once the site of the symmetrically elegant Dundas-Lippincott Mansion. And while this photograph, circa 1890, may suggest the tranquility of a suburban setting, you are in fact looking at the northeast corner of S. Broad and Walnut Sts.

One of Philadelphia's less publicized historic gems is Pennsylvania Hospital. America's first hospital, it was founded by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin in 1751 and while it spans several buildings today, the hospital began on the corner of 8th & Pine Sts. in a structure now known as

The Colonial Hotel at 11th and Spruce is not to be confused with Rapunzel’s castle,though it once looked like it was wearing a witch’s hat. The exact date when this photograph was taken is unknown, but we do know that it was before 1922 – the year that it was