In West Philly

Over the summer, we told you about the newest addition to the University City hospitality scene, a new Homewood Suites hotel. Located at 4109 Walnut St., this new hotel will include 136 suites, which will include kitchenettes. One of the ideas behind the idea of building this hotel is to provide extended-stay

Porn is apparently out and booze is in at 43rd and Chestnut Sts., after the Spruce Hill Community Association (SHCA) voted this week to support a proposal for an “upscale” liquor store that's replacing a closing Risqué Video location.

Members of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) are still negotiating with the landlord, making

After a five-and-half year run in West Philly, Wake Up Yoga is leaving its current location at 4916 Baltimore Ave., though its Fairmount and South Philly locations will remain open.

“We’re running into a case of a studio not flourishing,” says manager Alane Benson. While numbers at the other locations are positive, in

In Philly, urban farming projects are becoming almost as popular as Midtown Village's Restaurant Row.

When it's launched this April, the West Philly Fresh Food Hub mobile food truck will bring high quality, produce, dairy, free-range eggs and more to the Belmont neighborhood along Lancaster Avenue between 37th and 40th Streets, and surrounding areas.

“We are trying to

After nearly ten years of offering high-end Laotian and Thai cuisine for reasonable prices, neighborhood restaurant Vientiane Cafe is eyeing an expansion.

But manager Sunny Phanthavong says she is not sure when. The timing keeps changing. That's because Vientiane, located on the 4700 block of Baltimore Avenue, cannot expand next door to 4726

Two of the biggest issues urban farmers face is limited space and limited resources. Neighborhood Foods is a joint collaboration between two Philly organizations and the farms they operate to generate resources, access more land, reach a bigger audience and bring attention to urban-greening and the farm-to-table movement, while providing

In West Philly, the opinion of one neighborhood organization has trumped the voice of another. The ZBA recently reversed its decision to reject a Subway franchise at 4533 Baltimore Ave.

The reversal occurred after the applicants asked the Spruce Hill Community Association to write a letter of reconsideration to the ZBA. Weeks later, the Garden

The old Apple Storage building currently sits abandoned at 52nd and Willows Ave., looming over the mostly two-story homes that surround it. A big player in the Philadelphia development scene is planning to convert this building into Apple Lofts, a mixed-use residential and commercial property.

The project will bring 112 studio,

In West Philly, developing the identity of Baltimore Avenue is an ongoing vision of the University City District. UCD recently announced a design competition for banners that hang on more than 70 lampposts along Baltimore Ave. between 45th and 50th Sts.- lights that were installed during a capital improvement project a few

Back in December, we told you about the possible restoration of a long abandoned but could-be-good-looking building located at the intersection of 49th & Locust Sts. in West Philly. That project has gone from having legs to putting on clothes, if you will, as the ZBA approved it on January 4th.

Now, a