In Spring Garden

In December of 2011, we told you about the exciting new development that was nearly complete at 600 North Broad Street. Today, the complex represents the future promise of North Broad Street. Joe Volpe’s Vie, Marc Vetri’s Alla Spina and Stephen Starr’s Route 6 anchor a reviving area

Projects, both exciting and mundane, stall all the time. One such project is 1244 Ridge Ave., a property we last checked in on a year ago- and hasn't changed a bit since. This building lost its fourth floor somewhere along the way, but will someday be restored with an eye toward its

Over the past year or so, a new thirty-three unit apartment building has been going up at 15th & Fairmount, replacing an old seafood warehouse and a former nuisance bar. We've brought some updates to you over that time, most recently in an incidental fashion when we checked in last

Over a year ago, we brought 916 Green St. to your attention. This former venetian blind warehouse was, at the time, in the process of being purchased with the new owners going before the ZBA with plans for a residential conversion.

Over the past several months, interior and exterior demolition has

As we told you about just last week, the newest OCF Cafe location is opening at 2100 Fairmount Avenue today, January 1st. The kitchen will be serving breakfast, brunch, and lunch until 4pm, to help you clear those post-party cobwebs. And some hair-of-the-dog (mixes) will be available, to boot, (if

A few months ago, we last updated you on the new OCF Cafe, located at 21st & Fairmount, across from the Eastern State Penitentiary. As we told you then, this new cafe will offer more of the same along with something new and different, compared to the two already existing

Back in November, we gave you the good news that Spring Arts Point, developer Lawrence Rust's large residential development centered around 10th & Mount Vernon, was restarting construction after taking a few years between building phases. We were back in the area the other day, and snapped a couple of

Since before it opened last September, we've been talking up Union Transfer and the neighborhoods that surround it. Along Spring Garden Street, restaurants have sprung up, along with a neighborhood coffee and tea spot. To the north, the "Spring Arts" neighborhood continues to see rapid redevelopment, with even more on the

Over the summer, we brought 1129-31 Green St., two homes being built out of cinderblocks, to your attention. In the months that followed, the builders continued doing their thing, and the homes appear to be finished.

While our commenters back in June pointed out the superior nature of the construction methods

A reader checked in the other day, wondering about a newish sign they noticed for Bufad Pizza on the corner of 13th & Spring Garden. We too were curious, so we did a little digging. Previously, the corner was home to Yum Yum Restaurant.

But soon enough, Bufad Pizza, a new