In South Philly

The Navy Yard is becoming an extension of Philadelphia's core, both due to its location just south of the stadiums and the growing number of businesses calling it home. That being said, its size means that there's still plenty of untapped potential for the site. Last year, a few new businesses made

Lombardi's, located at 132 S. 18th St., is one of the more delicious pizza places we've visited in Philadelphia. Unfortunately, it's been closed for seven years, the building has been torn down, and a middling restaurant and a bunch of really expensive condos have taken its place.

Oh, we've survived these

In today's Inquirer, we learned about another potential location for Philadelphia's second casino. Last summer, we suggested the Sports Complex as a location that could work for this (not really welcome, but what can we do) casino. And it seems that Stadium Casino LLC agrees with us.

The folks behind the Parx

A year ago, someone posted on Philadelphia Speaks about a blighted property on the corner of 10th & Winton, in South Philly. Yesterday, the thread came back to life as a neighbor discovered that the owner of the property is Patricia Mendelsohn, of Tyson Realty. The poster, AngelB, even went

Last summer, the Stiffel Senior Center, located at 604 W. Porter St., closed its doors due to high operating costs as well as costly but necessary repairs. According to the Preservation Alliance, the building was constructed in 1928 and designed by Frank E. Hahn, the guy who designed the Royal

Next month, developers will present to the ZBA for a project to build two triplexes in a part of South Philly that doesn't really see a whole lot of new construction.

According to the zoning applications, which have been continued at the ZBA a couple of times already this year, the

A reader tipped us off about Avanno's Pizza, a new place coming soon to the corner of 3rd & Snyder, replacing Snyder Pizza.

In an effort to differentiate from the previous business, the new proprietors have decided to paint the building green, and apparently take a bit of an Irish theme.

We get what

For decades in the early part of the 20th century, boosters referred to Philadelphia as the Workshop of the World. Once a world leader in industrial production, from the Crane shipyard to the manufacturing of Stetson hats, Philadelphia was recognized for its innovation in production.

Now, our City of Brotherly Love

Last week, according to this article from the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board decided that the second casino license originally tabbed for Philadelphia would indeed remain in the city. With that decision, speculation has begun anew about the location of the second Philadelphia casino. Could it be at

If you happen upon 1624 S. 2nd St., you'll see a little empty lot among a number of fairly well maintained, three story homes. This lot seems to be used as a little garden, and at the very least is one of the more innocuous patches of vacant land we've