In West Philly

Back in January, we shared the news about the upcoming development of the Center for Culinary Enterprise (CCE), Philly’s first kitchen incubator, located at 310 South 48th St.

The originally envisioned July opening date has nearly passed. Recently, the folks at The Enterprise Center, the West Philly-based business-growth-catalyst geared towards assisting high-potential minority entrepreneurs

The Cira Centre stands as one of the few tall buildings in University City, separated from the Center City skyline by the Schuylkill River. But it may soon have company in the form of Cira Centre South.

Attorneys for developers Brandywine Realty Trust presented informal plans to individuals in the development division of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC)

Last month, Mohamed’s Halal Center at 4525-37 Walnut St. closed its doors, leaving a vacant space which previously held a convenience store. Mohamed's will reopen in the Center for Culinary Enterprises when the local food-entrepreneur hub makes its grand-opening this fall. You may recall, we told you about this exciting project back

The folks at Flying Kite Media have a novel idea: reactivate long abandoned storefronts by occupying said locations for 90 days, and using the space as a media hub and art gallery before moving on to another space for another 90 days. Their goal is to shine a light on spaces in

As we've covered before, the line between the southern end of Mantua and the northern end of the Drexel's campus has begun to blur in recent years. More and more, older buildings are redeveloped and new buildings are constructed on Spring Garden St., Haverford Ave., and others, to house the

Back in April, Spruce Hill Community Association President Barry Grossbach told us “the last chapter has yet to be written,” after the ZBA denied a Wine and Spirits application for a location in the strip mall located at 43rd and Chestnut Streets in University City.

Before the decision members of the SHCA drafted a

As we predicted just the other day, there’s more commercial love planned for the western end of Baltimore Avenue in West Philly. This time, in the form of art.

Seeds Gallery will open the weekend of July 27 at 5011 Baltimore Ave., the former location of a Rock School known for blasting its

While the days of the Half Lord of the Fishes pose are over at 4916 Baltimore Ave. in West Philly, another neighborhood store will soon occupy the former Wake Up Yoga location.

Employees announced their intentions to leave the site this spring due to a decrease in students. Perhaps the existence of two Yoga studios within four blocks of

A few years ago, the folks at University City District (UCD) decided that sustainability deserved explicit recognition as a theme in their group’s work. This happened around the same time Mayor Nutter announced his Greenworks initiative that set fifteen sustainability targets for the City of Philadelphia.

“So we looked at that document,” said

Last Fall, we told you about the planned expansion at the Wistar Institute, in the heart of Penn's West Philly campus. Over the last six months, a large building in the middle of their Spruce Street complex has been razed, paving the way for the new building, designed by Ballinger.

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