In Rittenhouse

We've always had a bit of a crush on 2212 Walnut St., sometimes known as the WPEN building. The building was constructed in 1928, and designed by Ralph Bencker, the architect for 1901 Walnut St. and the guy who did storefront work for several Horn & Hardart locations during that

Standing directly across the street from Irish Pub, 2006 Walnut St. is a beautiful building that is currently being gutted for rehab. Signage out front declares funding for luxury apartments to fill the current structure. The building, added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1995, is quite large

Back in October, we told you about the completed pedestrian connector bridge linking Schuylkill River Park with the Schuylkill River Trail, and also gave you the early lowdown on a planned 2,000 foot "floating boardwalk" extending the trail to the South Street bridge. At that time, the only sign of

Last spring, we told you about Midwood Development's plans to demolish the three buildings on the southeastern corner of 15th & Walnut and replace them with a contemporary building. We'd heard rumblings that tenants would include the gross but extremely popular Cheesecake Factory, a Sovereign Bank branch, and Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo.

Upon first glance, District Health Center No. 1 is an unassuming building just south of Broad and Lombard Streets. A closer look reveals a glazed façade of stylized blue and gray brick that runs across the building like a tile mosaic in between the second and third stories, measured by ribbon windows

Back in October, we gave you the early skinny on Fitler Dining Room, while lamenting the fact that it wasn't named Bedford Cafe and it wasn't coming to 20th & Kater. Last week, the restaurant opened its doors for the first time at 2201 Spruce St., a corner that's seen

For years, the Zeidler Gallery has held down a space at 2207 South St., on a block of South Street West that never really lost its commercial vibrancy. The wooden slats covering the first floor facade evoked the Old West or Doobies, making this midblock storefront stick out from surrounding

On the day the new South Street Bridge opened in November of 2011, we remember strolling over to check it out and noticing a huge crowd at Callahan's, at the corner of Taney & South. At the time, we thought good for those guys, they must be so glad this

As the months have gone by, we've been peeking in the windows every couple of weeks to check on the progress of the new Honey's Sit 'n Eat planned for the northwest corner of 21st & South. Today, we walked by the long-awaited commercial space, and were surprised to see

About a year ago, we first gave you a little insight into the interesting history of the 1600 block of Sansom Street. To briefly review, Wayne Spilove, then head of the Historical Commission, purchased the non-high-rise buildings on the north side of the block from Sam Rappaport, and proceeded to demolish