Philly Live!, a 300K plus sqft. entertainment complex, will sit on the site of the former Spectrum, between Citizens Bank Park and the Wells Fargo Center. It was first announced over three years ago, when the above rendering was produced, without a clear start-time or expected completion date. As we

Harwin Homes, the developer for Mission Place at 21st and Naudain Sts., is constructing twenty homes on the fringe of Queen Village on the 300 blocks of Salter St. and Montrose St. On a parcel of land that once housed facilities for Consolidated Laundries, Harwin is currently finishing up the

The Create In Situ/Mural Arts interactive light installation planned for the I-95 underpass at Spring Garden street that we wrote about in April appears to be moving forward. Final design renderings for the Spring Garden Gateway Project were released over the weekend via their Facebook page. And while it is a slightly more

Emerald Park is in mortal danger. The park, made up of nine lots on Emerald St. off the corner of E. Dauphin St., is described by neighbors and the sign outside as "The Jewel of East Kensington."

The park was established in 1996 when neighbors, with the help of the Pennsylvania

This new construction home in Bella Vista features 2200 sqft. of living space, a large yard landscaped with pavers, and a roofdeck with a view of the entire city. The home has unique oak floors throughout and is full of natural light. The finished basement has a tiled floor and

Celebration Banquet Hall, located at 2709 Cecil B Moore Ave., has been closed for quite awhile but is apparently interested in reopening. The building, formerly a grocery store and before that a church, could definitely use some work, but the people at Celebration were not willing to go into any

The folks from the Healthy Corner Store Initiative are making Philly’s neighborhoods healthier one orange, one head of lettuce, one low-fat gallon of milk, one whole-wheat loaf of bread, and one corner store at a time. Since its 11-store North Philly pilot program was launched in 2007 to make healthy

We've had our eye on this building for years. 325 S. 18th St. is in a prime location a block away from Rittenhouse Square. It's a four story building, with approximately 5000 sqft of interior space, according to OPA. It could be a spacious and staggeringly beautiful mansion, luxury condos,

Last night, in a presentation to the South Street West Business Association, a representative from Universal Companies finally presented a proposal for the future of the Royal Theater. The proposal, in case you're wondering, is totally insane. Universal intends to tear down the rear section of the theater and replace

A lesser known street outside of North Philly, Smedley St. runs between 16th and 17th Sts., and appears for only one block downtown, between Pine and Spruce. 307 S. Smedley, a 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom house on this block, offers a little over 1400 sqft of living space in one