In West Philly

If you've driven near Lemon Hill or the Philadelphia Zoo along Girard Avenue in recent past months during rush hour, or tried to come down Girard towards I-76 from points west at that time, then you likely got caught in some terrific traffic. But the these problems should be greatly

In late May, we told you about a cool People's Emergency Center (PEC) project to transform the historic and appealing Hawthorne Hall along the 3800 block of Lancaster Avenue into a space featuring a second-floor theatre and ground-floor restaurant. Through the spring, Rabid Hands, a gypsy art troupe, was housed

A couple of weeks ago, we profiled the 5000 block of Baltimore Avenue, sharing the news that a new restaurant would soon be arriving on the scene, brought to you by the folks at Aksum. And while Babylon Bistro will surely be a nice addition to the neighborhood when it

In West Philadelphia, the Vineyard Community Church (VCC), founded in 2004, is looking to join the civic party seemingly led by the University City District (UCD), and as of late the People's Emergency Center (PEC).

The church is currently seeking nonprofits with a strong community-centric focus to apply for a Building It

We've wondered for some time, meaning the past year and a half or so, whether the sunset pink stuccoed Hoops Deli and Market at 42nd & Chester near the University of the Sciences and Clark Park is ever actually open. For months, as we passed on the 13 trolley, we

In late May, we told you about plans from the folks at People’s Emergency Center to rehab Hawthorne Hall. The plan for this curved, mud-toned, historic, and beautiful building along the 3800 block of Lancaster Avenue is to create a retail space for Mighty Writers, a restaurant space, residential units, and a theater space.

In West Philadelphia, as the Baltimore Avenue commercial corridor has strengthened, it has continued to crawl west block by block. The relocation of the Mariposa Coop to 48th & Baltimore in the spring of 2011 marks one of the more prominent landmarks in the corridor's westward crawl from Clark Park

Out in Cedar Park, on the 5000 block of Baltimore Ave., plans for new businesses keep coming, adding to an already diverse neighborhood neighborhood that in recent months has seen new businesses open and old ones burn, literally.

Sometime early next year, Babylon Bistro should open at 5021-23 Baltimore Ave., properties we wrote about

As Drexel University and the Penn continue to expand, as well as USciences and the University City Science Center, the neighborhood housing equation continues to change. We've covered numerous examples in the past of new construction and renovation pushing northward, into West Powelton and Mantua, with some blocks gaining tons of new

All winter, we had been wondering what the deal was with a ground-floor retail space at 4100 Chester Ave. in a building that houses a few tenants, including The May School at the University of the Sciences. From what we understand, the space has been vacant for nearly a decade. This