In Rittenhouse

A lesser known street outside of North Philly, Smedley St. runs between 16th and 17th Sts., and appears for only one block downtown, between Pine and Spruce. 307 S. Smedley, a 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom house on this block, offers a little over 1400 sqft of living space in one

Finally, the one store that can provide Rittenhouse Square with enough cachet to bring Philadelphia’s toniest zip code in line with such renowned locales as Gramercy Park in New York, Belgravia in London or Victoria Peak in Hong Kong comes to 18th and Moravian Sts. The

This bi-level, 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath condo is extremely spacious at over 1700 sqft, and is listed at $524,999. With high ceilings, original hardwood floors, built-in bookcases and a mantle with original details, the living room is ready for your next dinner party. And with granite countertops and stainless steel

We've heard that the long-vacant retail space at 1708 Chestnut Street has finally been leased. The sliver of a space squeezed between Dressbarn and Sephora is slated to become Laila Rowe, a trendy women's jewelry and accessories store not unlike Nova Ice, located down the block at 1508 Chestnut Street. Laila Rowe sells

What many readers have asked us about at 17th and Walnut (a great corner that has been under construction for some time) is actually a now-gutted part of the Latham Hotel, the former home of the founder of Bucknell University, William Bucknell, at 135 South 17th Street. We asked the two

Black lacquered furniture, glass tables and red accents would be right at home in Gordon Gekko's Bridgehampton beach house, next to a fabulously late-1980s Daryl Hannah. ('You spent $400K on that Georgia O'Keeffe? You could get a beach house for that.' 'Yea, maybe in Wildwood, N.J.') This expanded 1,634-square-foot two-bedroom (plus den)

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has transformed a vacant lot at 20th and Market in Center City into a pop-up garden. On Monday they will introduce PHS Pops Up, a showcase for PHS’s community greening program. PHS received funding from the William Penn Foundation as well as help from the Brandywine Realty

Unit 14BE at 1901 Walnut Street, listed for $2,250,000, is a new construction über-contemporary co-op. The 3,333 square foot home features a 40-foot long living room, a custom kitchen with Wolf, Subzero and Miele appliances, a media room with exotic-wood bookshelves, and office/gym with built-in mirrored closets. The flush, linear lines of

According to a sign in the window at 1837 Chestnut Street (beside the Starbucks), there is a new Japanese restaurant coming soon to the vacant storefront. While there is absolutely no other clues as to what exactly we can expect, we will be keeping our eyes peeled for any additional

La Colombe opened its second Philadelphia cafe on Tuesday at 1414 South Penn Square, on the ground floor of the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton in Dilworth Plaza. Perfect for the business men and women walking from SEPTA's 15th Street station to their offices in Center City, this is La Colombe's