In West Philly

Over the weekend, we were making our way back from West Philly when we noticed that the Cira Centre South has progressed mightily since we told you about its groundbreaking back in February. From grade at Chestnut Street, it's now ten stories high. Obviously, it's still got a long way

The University City District has been leading the way in redefining and repurposing Philadelphia public spaces. Almost anywhere you go in University City, or out along Baltimore Avenue their presence is visible.

Whether it's their safety folks that patrol the area on bikes and in cars, or their various landscaping projects

If a sleek online presence indicates the organization and strength of a civic group, than the Baltimore Avenue Business Association (BABA) is stepping up its game. In conjunction with the Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll, which brings hundreds in and out of the shops along the corridor, BABA launched its first

The people at the University City District plan to cut down trees in West Philly and turn them into benches. No that's not true, it's rather almost just the opposite. Actually, UCD plans to unleash a collection of “tree seats,” set in the shade by next spring. UCD was one

There is plenty of redevelopment happening in Powelton Village and West Powelton. So when passed by a strip of four apparently vacant homes, two of which feature arching third-floor bay windows, including a turret on the corner property at Preston & Spring Garden, we wondered out loud how long it

After six years in business, Philadelphia Community Acupuncture Clinic (PCA), located in in Cedar Park, will be closing its doors on October 16th. PCA currently resides in a spacious loft space, located on the third floor of the well-know firehouse building which also houses Dock Street Brewery and Firehouse Bikes.

Just days after a shooting outside the Watusi Lounge at 46th & Walnut , L&I shut the bar down last month, citing a bad food license as the reason. Gunshots also rang out near the bar back in April.

The late August escapade began with an argument inside the bar which then escalated and drifted

In the spring, we brought a renovation to your attention at the corner of 45th & Pine. We had snapped some very early photos of construction at the Sedgley building, which looks like it would fit in better on the English countryside than on a corner in West Philly. Vacant for at

About a year ago, we told you about a grant awarded to improve the crumbling Mount Vernon Manor Apartments in Mantua. Built by HUD in 1978, this complex spans 9 buildings and includes 125 apartment units, all of which are offered as affordable housing. But due to the deteriorating condition of

A reader reached out the other day wondering about the activity they recently witnessed at 3423-27 Spring Garden St., very close to the under-construction Dornsife Center. We finally found ourselves in that neck of the woods the other day, and discovered that a foundation in in place for a new