In Logan Square
We've wondered about this one for awhile, and confess that we still don't have too many answers. But maybe you can help?
If you've been to the area in the past several years, perhaps to pick up groceries at Whole Foods, to attend classes at CCP, or to enjoy an over-the-top
Read MoreLess than a week ago, we told you about the sudden end for the Forum Theater and Les Gals, two vestiges of a bygone era of when people actually used to leave their homes for their smut. At the time, we wondered whether these shutdowns near 22nd & Market were
Read MoreMembers of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA) have reached a compromise with owners that will mean improvements to an empty but extremely nice looking home on the 2000 block of Race Street.
A small three- to four-employee family operated business will occupy the first-floor of a three-story row home located at 2030 Race.
Read MoreToday, a reader reached out and gave us some of the more surprising news we've heard in recent months. The Forum, that old movie palace at 2208 Market St. that's somehow still been showing nudie films for the last however many years, that venue that attempted to expand its building
Read MoreLast winter, we told you about plans for six townhomes on 22nd St., north of Race Street. Now, the parcel that stretches from 206-12 N. 22nd St., home of Patriot Parking, is under agreement of sale to a different owner. A new developer presented new plans for five instead of six town homes
Read MoreWhen Fresh Fields first opened up shop at 20th & Callowhill back in 1997, the arrival of this 33,000 sqft store was a big deal. At the time, their concept was still somewhat foreign to Philadelphia, to wit, this quote from the Daily News shortly after the store opened: "if
Read MoreConstruction was recently halted temporarily when developers came upon bed rock while excavating the southwest corner of 19th and Arch Streets where initial work on a 14-story mixed-use apartment building is underway.
Instead of blasting the rock, developers decided to compress the underground garage. In addition, because developers had to slightly
Read MoreDevelopers from Liberty Property Trust met with representatives of the Planning Commission, Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA) and the Kennedy House last month, about a proposal for a 22-story, 370 foot office tower to be constructed at the northwest corner of 19th and Arch Streets.
LSNA zoning chair Ed Panek said it’s too early to
Read MoreAccording to a recent thread on Philadelphia Speaks, Spring Garden Deli/Super Market/Restaurant shut its doors for good last week. Peeking in the windows yesterday, we can confirm that the business has closed. Located at 2200 Spring Garden St., on the northeastern corner of the Parkway House, this establishment has been
Read MoreA few days ago, we wondered about the failed Cherry Street West development on 23rd Street, between Race and Cherry. In that post, we shared a photo of the long-closed sales office, in a building just to the south of the surface parking lot that was supposed to be home
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