In Rittenhouse

As this year has rolled along, we've seen several companies from NYC announce plans to open up on Chestnut Street, west of Broad. In the last few weeks we've covered the jewelry brand Catbird opening up their first Philadelphia location on the 1800 block of Chestnut, as well as Veronica

The trend of hip NYC brands opening up retail locations near Rittenhouse continues unabated. Earlier this month, we reported that Brooklyn-based Catbird would be moving into a building on Chestnut Street. Now we can share that Veronica Beard is planning a new location around the corner as part of a

Kim's Cleaners operated for years out of a double-wide building at the southwest corner of 20th & Waverly. While this business provided a valuable service in a part of town that's home to the largest percentage of professionals in the city, the one-story building always kind of bugged us, representing

There are a lot of great things about NYC, though lately we're hearing that every New Yorker dreams about moving to Philadelphia. The southern migration isn't limited to folks who bought a home in Fishtown after living in a glorified walk-in closet in Manhattan - New York retailers are also

Almost four years ago, we visited the 1800 block of Ludlow Street and presented you with a mystery. A developer was working on an assemblage, but we didn't know the ultimate plan for the site. Already, they owned 1808 and 1810 Ludlow St., along with 1813 Ranstead St., which were

The triple-wide 415-17 S. 15th St. was constructed as a single family home around 1860, which is pretty consistent with construction standards for mansions of the time, but feels extremely over the top these days. 419 S. 15th St. was built next door a couple years later, also as a

At today's meeting, along with approving the controversial Washington West Historic District, the Historical Commission also gave final approval to the latest plans for a seven story mixed-use building at 1423 Spruce St., in the Rittenhouse Fitler Historic District. While the existing building is non-contributing, the Commission still has jurisdiction

We last brought 1423 Spruce St. to your attention last October, when we told you that developers were planning to demolish a two-story building and replace it with a seven-story mixed-use project. This plan was complicated by the fact that the property sits in the Rittenhouse Fitler Historic District. Since

Folks, we know that real estate development news isn't your top news priority today. But real estate development in Philadelphia doesn't rest. And while this might not be the talk around the water cooler (real or virtual), we still feel compelled to share news that potentially portends progress on a

We know how much you love a story about a surface parking lot, so we've got you covered today. Let's head back to January 2022 and whisk ourselves to a five-home proposal at the corner of S. Hicks & Pine in the lovely Rittenhouse Square neighborhood. It was there that