In South Philly

We've had a thing for old theaters since we first walked into the Boyd-turned-Sameric a decade and a half ago. At one time, our fine city was full of old movie houses, but for the most part they've been systematically demolished to make way for much less enduring buildings. A

Little known fact: It's actually illegal to park your car in the median on South Broad Street.Normal view at Broad & Mifflin, looking southYeah, we know, everyone does it, and they've probably been doing it since well before we were born. But that doesn't mean that the practice should continue.

As Pennsport continues to boom, developers have been building up Dickinson Narrows just to the west of the neighborhood. V2 Properties in particular has done a ton of work in this area, with projects on Mercy, Dudley, Emily, and Hoffman Streets, among others. On the 400 block of Hoffman Street,

We actually thought we wrote about this project before, but when we were researching our story from earlier this week about three new homes coming to 7th & Morris, we realized we'd never shared the news that new homes are coming soon to the 600 blocks of Moore and Pierce

Doesn't it bug you when you come home after a long day at work and find a take-out menu from a pizza place you've never heard of jammed into your mailbox? Alas. Maybe a decade ago, we came home to find a menu from a pizza place hilariously named "The

A reader first brought the former Equity Savings and Loan bank building at 2234 S. 7th St. to our attention about a year and a half ago, and at the time we wondered whether the owners might make it available for sale and redevelopment. Within a few weeks (didn't you know

A reader recently tipped us off about 1931-37 W. Passyunk Ave., a large building around the corner from Nick's Roast Beef. It's possible that they emailed us because they happened upon the listing while looking for who knows what on the internet, and there's a chance they contacted us because

Pop quiz: You want to go bowling in South Philly. And South Bowl is feeling a little pricey for your Thursday night budget. Where do you go?Saint Monica Lanes at 16th & Shunk, of course!We've literally been meaning to write about this place for years. We first found our way

Over the weekend, we changed things up a bit and eschewed the Melrose in favor of the Penrose Diner. On our way there, we noticed some construction fencing across the street that had previously escaped our attention.Looking under the Schuylkill Expressway, we noticed a fenceFenced-in area next to the RamadaAt

We're on so many mailing lists. And perhaps because we get so many emails that are only of marginal interest, we end up ignoring most of them. Yesterday though, we got an email that caught our eye so we figured we'd share. It came from the 5th Square, a political