In Passyunk Square

Gold Star Park is a wonderful neighborhood pocket park. It's located on the 600 block of Wharton St., sitting between Sheridan and Marshall Sts., on the north side. Its 25K sqft footprint includes a playground and plenty of green space that the local community uses for events in the warmer

Last week, we lamented the conditions on Washington Ave., west of Broad St. as we hoped that NextFab Studio would help shake things up. Washington Ave. to the east of Broad St., while certainly not Shangri-La, interacts considerably better with the neighborhoods that surround it. There are active businesses on

A mere few hours after we posted about SOAP last month, the store abruptly closed up shop on East Passyunk Ave due to "unforeseen circumstances."  SOAP-makers Nate and Denise Venier have, in the month that's passed, returned to their roots in East Falls under their original name, East Falls Soap.  Since the store's closing, they

According to the zoning application, 1526 S. 10th St., a one-story corner property a block off of Passyunk Avenue, is set to gain three stories in the coming months. It's not so often that we see multiple stories added to a row home, but we don't see a whole lot

Over five years ago, Passyunk Pharmacy, formerly a Rite Aid, at 1804 E Passyunk Ave., closed its doors. As the years have passed, the space has been on the market, gotten a new facade, come off the market, gone back on the market, and come off the market again this

1100 E Passyunk Ave., currently home to Captain Jesse G Inc. Crabs, is a large, triangular lot that's encompassed by Washington Ave. to the north, Passyunk Ave. to the east, and S. 8th St. to the west. Only about a third of the lot is covered by buildings, with a

SOAP! quietly opened on Black Friday at 1742 East Passyunk Ave., in the former Enki space.  SOAP-makers Nathan and Denise Vernier, along with business partner Richard Salloum, decided to move from their online-only original location to open up a retail shop on bustling East Passyunk Avenue.  The store smells oh-so-delightful, and the huge glass storefront windows

A wide, kind of rough looking former auto shop caught our eye today while we were in the neighborhood. 1412-14 S. 7th St. has been on and off the market for years, most recently listed for just under $300K until coming off the market last week.

Simply looking at this place,

Years ago, when we lived in the Passyunk Square neighborhood, we frequented ABC Wok, a takeout Chinese place at 1305 E. Passyunk Ave., just south of Pat's Steaks. Shortly before we moved away, our favorite $4 dinner place closed up shop, eventually being replaced by a (totally boring) Metro PCS

Over the weekend, we noticed that the Broad Street Diner at Broad & Ellsworth Sts. has made some serious progress since the last time we passed by, with a shiny new sign and even shinier new facade improvements. As we mentioned in August, Michael Petrogiannis, of the Melrose along with