In Society Hill

A reader asked us whether we knew anything about 540 Lombard St., a blighted, boarded up building near the corner of 6th and Lombard Sts., across the street from Starr Garden.

While Philadelphia has a somewhat staggering number of buildings just like this one, you don't usually see too many of

Back in August, we were wondering what would become of the former TLA Video space at 517 S. 4th St., and couldn't understand why the fairly narrow storefront was being partitioned into two even smaller retail spaces. At the time, one of our readers mentioned a rumor that a magic

A reader tipped us off that St. Andrew Ukrainian Catholic Church at 425-29 Pine St. is on the market. Currently listed for $2M, this property was purchased about five years ago for $1.5M by a private investor who, for whatever reason, was unsuccessful redeveloping the property, and is now trying

Yesterday, after enjoying our Jim's Steak (whiz wit), we walked up 4th St., passing by the former TLA Video at 517 S. 4th Street.  There was a flurry of construction inside, and it looked like the workers were putting up a partition to split the vacant space into

NewMarket Mall, opened in 1975 and pretty much in trouble ever since, has been a concrete wasteland in the heart of Society Hill since 2002.

Since NewMarket's immediate flop in the mid-seventies, several developers and investors have come onto the scene to try to find success at this site. Almost twenty

This 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom condo offers 1150 sqft. of living space on a cobblestone alley in Society Hill. Numerous original details like exposed brick and exposed beams and columns, revealing the building's history as a colonial-era barn. Enter into the dining room, which flows into the living room, featuring

Boasting 14,000 square feet plus a basement, the Salvation Army building near 3rd and Walnut has been available for years. Sitting on a 136'x102' lot, it was most recently used as a daycare center with plenty of outdoor space and social services offices. It has been shuttered since about 2004.

It

This 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom condo in historic Drinker's Court measures a little over 1000 sqft. With original pine floors and a fireplace, and facing a brick courtyard, this home and entire development are a step into the past. Eat-in kitchen has tile countertops but appliances are a little on

Whiskey connoisseurs have Village Whiskey, champagne still flows at Swanky Bubbles, and Xochitl has over 75 tequilas. Now Headhouse Square welcomes The Twisted Tail, a Bourbon and Blues bar at 509-11 S. 2nd St., just north of South St.

Set to open in a couple of weeks, construction is ongoing at

With 8130 square feet of space, it's easy to fit in six bedrooms, five full bathrooms and two half bathrooms. And with $3,199,000 one should expect nothing less than an elevator, private deck and garden, phone in the bathroom, double-sized living room, library, dressing "rooms" and a separate nanny suite. But for all