In Passyunk Square

When Urban Jungle on 1526 East Passyunk Avenue first opened its doors in December of 2009, owner and president Curtis Alexander sold Christmas trees to the neighborhood. Two years and $100K of building rehabilitation later has converted Urban Jungle into a full service landscaper, classroom and retail store.

The store’s home

Finding out more information about this project is as difficult as finding a tenant for a 55,000-square-foot space.  As of now, all we can tell you, is that 55,000 square feet of office and retail space will be coming to 1155 S. Broad Street. The project is 1/3 the

East Passyunk hotspot Cantina Los Caballitos has been granted an extension of premise at the vacant dirt lot adjacent to the popular Mexican restaurant. Los Caballitos, at 1651 East Passyunk Avenue, had irked some neighbors with its overflowing outdoor sidewalk seating. The available adjacent lot, recently graveled and supplied with trees

To the right of Saigon Maxim sits Unit No. 7 at 600-636 Washington Avenue, a currently closed-for-business nail salon. The owners of that business have a five-year lease with an option to renew for five years and when they found that their nail salon business model wasn't working, they approached the Passyunk

Congrats to Greensaw Design & Build and Brendan Jones for an awesome finished project at 1205 S. Eighth Street (although our opening party invite must have been lost in the mail).  This rehabbed South Philly row home used a variety of reclaimed materials and came out looking spectacular. Jones' collected

Let’s play a game. “A cozy Bar/Restaurant located in a busy South Philly neighborhood” is up for sale for a cool $349,000 (complete with fixtures and furniture). The bar in question was established in 1961, has four flat screens, an 80-inch projection screen, 7 beers on draft and beer to-go.

We knew, even with its amazing Thai iced tea, that O was two blocks too south for it’s kind, shadowed by the glowing neon signs of Pat’s and Geno’s. The 3000-square-feet of first-floor space is up for sale for $5000 a month (that’s a lot of Thai iced teas). Nestled

Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent J. Fumo (above) started out positively, founding and funding the Citizens’ Alliance for Better Neighborhoods. (We suppose he went wrong somewhere around the “137 counts of fraud, obstruction of justice, tax evasion and conspiracy.”) Paul Levy did his best to clean up Fumo’s mess and now