In West Philly

Baltimore Avenue you keep making us smile, and you may soon make us nod to a little bit of jazz. On the heels of the new businesses opening between 49th and 50th streets along Baltimore Ave. this past year, including Little Baby's Ice Cream this month, we had been wondering and waiting

On our way to grab some delicious and honest tacos in West Philly, we happened upon an unexpected construction site at the corner of 45th & Pine. The Sedgley Apartments have stood for one-hundred years, far longer than the adorable Earth Cup has held down the retail space across the

Not even two months ago, we told you that Fishtown's Little Baby's Ice Cream would be opening a second retail location at 4903 Catharine St., right next to Cedar Park. As you surely already know, this commercial stretch has seen plenty of new businesses open in the last couple of

It’s been over a year since we first told you about it, but now it's official: a new Fine Wine and Good Spirits is coming, likely by midsummer, to 43rd & Chestnut in University City. Two spots in a shopping center that were last occupied by a check cashing store and Risque

In January, we wondered whether the 5100 block of Chester Avenue in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Southwest Philly might be poised for improvements as Baltimore Avenue continues to develop as it moves farther west. It seems now is the time as across the street from some homes we profiled this winter, a couple of blighted

A large new project looks like it will soon be rising at 3400 Lancaster Ave., but multiple sources are reporting that the surrounding community has some concerns.

According to University City Review, Drexel is planning a new mixed-use development for this corner, with dorm space for 1,200 undergrad and grad students,

Another piece of Philadelphia history seems as though it will soon be demolished. A 25-story mixed-use high rise featuring apartments, retail and office space is planned for 38th & Chestnut next to the Philadelphia Episcopal Church in University City. Last summer, the Historical Commission granted the Church permission to demolish two historic brownstones located

A vacant corner at 43rd & Sansom in Spruce Hill will soon be transformed when a four-story 32-unit mixed-use project will be constructed. Work may begin as early as this spring, with the ZBA having approved the project in last month. “It’s a very dark corner in Spruce Hill,” said

In West Philly, Baltimore Avenue near Cedar Park has seen numerous businesses come and go in the past year or so.

Last March, the Mariposa Food Co-op moved a few blocks west to 4824 Baltimore Ave., into a much larger (and cooler-looking) space than they previously inhabited. Prior to Mariposa's arrival, the adjacent

The gateway to the Baltimore Avenue business corridor may soon be transformed. On March 12th, developers received a conditional use permit for the construction of a ninety-two unit apartment building at the southeast corner of 43rd and Baltimore across the street from Clark Park and the Green Line Café.

Located at 4224-26 Baltimore Ave., the lot is zoned