In Logan Square

About three years ago, fondly remembered Naked Chocolate Cafe opened a flagship store at 31 S 18th St., bringing its Naked Chocolatey goodness to the business crowd. At the time, it was a sign of great success for owner Tom Block, who was experiencing tremendous popularity at his 1317 Walnut

We were at 18th and Market Sts. earlier today and noticed cones everywhere.

After an initial moment of confusion, we remembered hearing about the Complete Street program, a joint effort of the Center City District and the Mayor's Office of Transportation and Utilities. The creators of this program are proposing changes

According to the Philadelphia Business Journal, the former Please Touch Museum site at 21st and Race Sts. was purchased last week by Isen Trust. According to the brief article, the buyer's plan is to turn the enormous building into an art gallery and store.

According to a source at Binswanger, the

In 2008, the Please Touch Museum moved to beautiful new digs at Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park after delighting children at their location at the corner of 21st and Race Sts. for twenty-five years. Since that time, the building has sat vacant, waiting for a new owner to take advantage

According to a report today on Philly.com, the American Commerce Center, planned to be the tallest building in Philadelphia, ain't gonna happen. The 60K sqft lot on which it was to have been built, 1800 Arch St., was purchased earlier this month by Liberty Property Trust. Liberty, who developed the

On Saturday, Lenfest Plaza took one step closer to completion with the installation of Claes Oldenburg's sculpture, Paint Torch. From the looks of it, considerable progress has been made at this site since our last update. Check the our mini-gallery of the installation. Photos are by Sean Tucker.

We can't wait

The rather striking building on the southwest corner of 22nd and Summer Sts. has a retail vacancy to the tune of 6000 sqft. We were curious about which space was available- the first floor on this corner could be desirable for a retail business. We were also interested to find

We were moseying up 22nd St. the other day and noticed some progress on two new houses at the Mode7 development that we reported on a few months ago. According to the realtor, the first two houses are sold and occupied (the first sold for almost $1.5M last year), and

As we reported several months ago, Lenfest Plaza is a pedestrian-only walkway being created by landscape architects OLIN on the 1400 block of Cherry St., across from the expanded Convention Center.

We were in the neighborhood the other day, and reached over the fence to snap a picture.

While it was originally

This 1500 sqft. house features 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths and is just a couple of blocks from Logan Square. The first floor gets plenty of natural light and contains hardwood floors, built in bookcases, and crown molding. The kitchen is spacious and has plenty of storage and a breakfast