In South Philly

03Philadelphia is a city of neighborhoods. But when you think about it, the divisions between those neighborhoods are sometimes quite arbitrary. For example, why does the Graduate Hospital neighborhood run from Broad Street to the river, but the same footprint on the other side of Broad Street include three different

A reader reached out to us the other day, having unexpectedly discovered some zoning notices on the 700 block of Daly Street. We had never visited this block before, though we covered an Acme turned thrift shop turned laundromat around the corner at 8th & Wolf a couple years ago.Laundromat on

Tasked with purchasing some ephemera for a New Years Eve party, we recently found our way to Party City, located in the Whitman Shopping Center at 3rd & Oregon. Party hats and plastic champagne flutes in hand, we made our way back toward Center City, enjoying the South Philly experience

Did you know that there was a vibrant Jewish community in South Philadelphia in the first half of the 20th century? Don't believe us? Well, someone wrote a book on the subject, so it must be true. And there's some considerable architectural evidence that backs us up as well. Previously, we've told

Several readers have reached out to us, wondering about some slow moving construction at the southwest corner of 22nd & W. Passyunk. Some folks might remember that a Goodwill store was located for years at 2334 S. 22nd St., but the store closed a few years ago and no other

Ah, Snyder Plaza. You love that it's there when you need to make a Target run or you want to take your weepy four year to Chuck E. Cheese's, but deep down you hate it because of the awful traffic flow and the fact that it doesn't even remotely relate

We'll be the first to admit that West Passyunk Avenue doesn't really hold a candle to East Passyunk. And we'd think that just about every business and property owner on either corridor would concur. But still, West Passyunk has something to offer, and some new businesses are starting to spring

At some point during the spring or summer, the Getty gas station at 21st & Oregon disappeared. This isn't really a big deal, since there's another gas station just two blocks away. But it does lead us to wonder what's happening with the property, which is now sitting vacant.In the

In an age when Philadelphia seems to be losing another former church every month, it warms our hearts to bring you a story about a religious building that's been brought back to life. We were puttering around South Philly last week and stopped dead in our tracks at 6th &

A couple months ago, in the pouring rain, we spied a food truck parked on a vacant lot at the corner of 6th & Moyamensing. Up until very recently, this property looked like this:View of the property in the pastToday though, Boba & Company has parked their food truck on