In West Philly

Just the other day, we told you about Rue 52, a new cafe near Malcom X Park on 52nd Street. Today, we have news of another restaurant that recently made an appearance on the West Philly scene. Hibiscus opened its doors at 4907 Catharine St. this August, and has since attracted a fan

A reader gave us the heads up that a new Barre Focus Fitness will soon be arriving at 4145 Chestnut St., in University City. This new business will be taking over a second floor space at the corner, above hookah place Cleopatra Cafe. Smoky workout, anyone?

Looking around the area, you

Over the past fifteen or so years, the Baltimore Avenue commercial corridor and the surrounding neighborhoods have changed quite a bit.

This Philadelphia Speaks thread references a 1996 conversation between two West Philly friends. One considered the area to be "gentrification proof," an idea that intrigued the man. The posts indicate that 49th

It’s good to see folks raised in Philadelphia who are educated at higher institutions outside city limits and then return to their neighborhoods eager to apply their knowledge to improve the scene.

West Philly native Mahari Bailey opened espresso, coffee, Panini and more café Rue 52 a few weeks ago, at 52nd & Larchwood, across

On Market Street in University City, west of Drexel and beyond, the collegiate fueled capital development begins to fade as you move further west. The University City Science Center is one institution poised, at least theoretically, to improve Market Street between 34th and 39th Streets.

Their recent announcement of a new

While we were out taking photos among a long-awaited windy autumn day last week, we noticed L&I catching up on some blight around 42nd and Market in West Powelton. A neighboring resident said the location has been vacant more than a decade.

A notice declaring the owner of the single-family row home at 4219

If you've lived in Philadelphia for decades, you may remember the days before the Spectrum, when the Warriors and then the 76ers played their home games in the old Civic Center, and Convention Hall was home to the Flower Show. When the Convention Center was completed in 1993, the handsome

The Drexel Master Plan 2012-2017 was presented to its board of trustees last February. It applies the school’s Strategic Plan vision into a larger four principled master plan, with a scope for action: distinguish Drexel’s campus as a vibrant urban university district, bring the campus to the street, draw the community together around

In the past 15 years, University City has grown tremendously as one of the city’s leading economic sectors and hubs for youth.

In 2011, more than three dozen new businesses opened their doors in University City, which spans 2.4 square miles. In the past three years, more than 5.1 million sqft of

Over the past few years in University City there have been almost as many new major development projects as new freshman classes. From the new Drexel business school, a new gateway to University City, the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology, to hotels and additional new proposed Drexel development at 34th and Lancaster Avenue, the