In Brewerytown

A thread popped up on Philadelphia Speaks the other day, sharing the news that Murray's Steaks and Other Fine Foods, located at 26th & Girard, had closed its doors. Based on the commentary from several posters who seem to live in the neighborhood, Murray's wasn't exactly serving up particularly high quality

Forty years ago, the Philadelphia Water Department discontinued use of a reservoir next to the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. The 37-acre man-made lake located around 33rd and Oxford Streets, is now a nesting place for migratory birds traveling along the eastern seaboard.

The National Audubon Society and Outward Bound (OB) have introduced plans to transform the lake

About ten months ago, two zoning notices appeared at 1237-39 N 31st St., announcing plans for two single family homes. These homes were to be built by Steph-Sin Development, the folks that constructed the home immediately next door last year.

Over the past ten months, much has happened in this area. Notably, a

We were in the area the other day, and spotted three fenced-in lots on the 3000 block of West Girard, just around the corner from the still-newish Bottom Dollar market. Doing a little bit of research, we discovered that all of the properties are being developed by ML Builders LLC.

Trane oh Coltrane. Old fashioned Blue Trane. Since he passed away in 1967, John Coltrane’s legend has only grown, while his most important physical connection to Philadelphia has deteriorated.

In 1943, Coltrane moved from North Carolina to Philadelphia and enlisted in the Navy. When he completed his service in 1946 he

Part of what goes into writing Naked Philly is walking, biking, and driving around different neighborhoods, attempting to find upcoming development or ongoing construction. A fringe benefit of doing all of this meandering is that we often stumble upon interesting buildings that we otherwise would never have encountered. One such

A reader tipped us off to a new zoning notice at 2400 W. Thompson St., on the border of Brewerytown and Sharswood. This blighted shell has been on and off the market for several years at an asking price of around $40K. Though public record doesn't show a sale, we're

We've had reason to find ourselves on Fairmount Avenue a lot in recent months, and at some point we discovered the wonderful Rybread. We've tried several of their sandwich offerings, and we can honestly say that the only problem we can identify with the place is that there aren't nearly

Just last week, we told you about Cambridge Row, a partnership between Fairmount CDC and local developer MM Partners to purchase a number of PHA properties, rehab them, and sell them on the open market. This project will be taking place on the 2700-3000 blocks of Cambridge Street, and will

As we've told you numerous times over the past year, MM Partners is a driving force behind the development activity in the Brewerytown neighborhood. And in 2013, they will continue to play the same role. We told you about one of their 2013 projects, Cambridge Row, just the other day.