In Bella Vista

The corner of 10th & Carpenter Streets is the picture of urban serenity.  Bardascino Park is tucked warmly into its Bella Vista neighborhood, its verdant landscape and ample benches insisting that passersby and lunch-breakers stop for a sit.  A pleasing tile mural adorns the wall on the west end of the park, next to

In October, we told you about 1318 South St., one of the more unique buildings we've seen go up recently, with round bays you just don't see very often around town. It replaced two traditional row home structures that appear to have once held commercial spaces on their first floors.

The site of the Palumbo Recreation Center is the first example of what will be a recurring theme for the Delorean Time Machine: places where Philadelphians used to be buried.  Today, Palumbo’s sprawling fields, baseball diamond, playground and basketball courts occupy the full block between Bainbridge, Fitzwater and 9th, and 10th Streets.

However,

A reader asked us about an odd, brown shed on the 1200 block of Fitzwater St., a building we've thought about ourselves from time to time over the years. It sits on the same parcel as the Hawthorne Lofts, the 54-unit condo building developed by the Rufo Company. This Hawthorne

We were passing by yesterday, and snapped photos of the ongoing construction at 7th and Bainbridge Sts., just south of the coffee shop on the corner. In case you haven't read our previous posts about this project or to refresh your memory, these four homes, with front yard parking, are

Last week, we told you about the new Turkish restaurant, Divan, located in the former Shouk space at 622 S 6th St., in Bella Vista. At the time, we also mentioned the upcoming Bainbridge Street Barrel House, on the northeast corner of 6th and Bainbridge Sts., which is currently under

A reader tipped us off that a new fence had gone up at Triangle Park at 601 Christian St., a place we've told you about before. When we last checked in on this triangular lot that has been transformed into a park by a dedicated group of neighbors, we'd learned

A reader asked us if we knew the scoop about Divan Mediterranean Grill, which opened at 622 S 6th St. earlier this week. The restaurant, which replaces the long-shuttered Shouk, has a nearly identical name and logo to Divan Turkish Kitchen, the recently closed spot at 22nd and Carpenter Sts., in the Graduate Hospital

A reader sent us an email, giving us the heads up about three homes currently under construction within a few blocks of each other on the western side of Bella Vista.

609 S. 11th St. was a one story apartment, in the middle of a block full of two and three

Bella Vista will be welcoming another new construction project of single-family homes in the near future. 1020 Catherine St. is currently a single-story building with a rounded corner stoop and glass block windows. Judging by aesthetics, the building seems as if it once could have served as a commercial property.