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The exterior of Kenyon Lofts. (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Adaptive reuse project breathes new life into historic Philly department store

The development sits on Germantown Avenue in the neighborhood’s central business district.

1 year ago

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Tree World outside of the Philly Pretzel Factory at Broad and Passyunk.
Community
Billy Penn

Tree World, Passyunk’s 24-hour Christmas tree stand, remains a community fixture

Like Santa Claus’s workshop, Freddy Florio’s Tree World in Passyunk comes with its own lore.

1 year ago

The ParkWest Town Center, where Starbucks was going to open a community-focused store that offered training for young workers. (Google Street View)
Community
Billy Penn

Parkside never got its promised Starbucks ‘community store’ and no one’s saying why

The planned cafe, in the ParkWest Town Center, was touted as a way to train young workers and help earn them college scholarships.

1 year ago

Gus' hot dog cart
Community
Billy Penn

South Street hot dog vendor Gus has retired after 45 years. There’s a petition to rename the corner in his honor

“I think it just speaks to how one person, one small business, can impact so many people,” said the proprietor of a neighboring business.

1 year ago

A sign reading Meglio Furs hangs from the side of a building in South Philly
Community
Billy Penn

Iconic Meglio Furs sign disappears from South Broad

The neon signage had become something of a landmark. Developers haven’t yet said what they plan to do with the 1950s relic.

1 year ago

The YWCA in Germantown.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘A negative influence on our community’: Developer looks to take control of Germantown Y

Another developer was selected to transform the historic property nearly a decade ago, but the company’s project is still at the starting line.

1 year ago

An image of a dog's face on a dog biscuit holding a couple of beers is painted on a brick wall behind a bar
Arts & Entertainment

The Boozy Mutt, a Brewerytown pub for people and their pets, trots closer to opening

At the former North Star Bar corner, find beer, food, and cocktails — including a citywide that comes with a dog biscuit.

1 year ago

The Parkade on 8th parking garage in Canter City.
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Sixers aim to minimize arena parking concerns with a new ‘smart routing’ partnership

Using plate-reading and associated software, ticket holders who drive in would be sent to to the lot closest to their route of arrival.

1 year ago

2802 Kensington Ave., a 1930s building that for over a half-century has been home to Phil's Appliances on the ground floor, with apartments above. (Google Street View)
Community
Billy Penn

Repair shop that starred in ‘12 Monkeys’ devastated by fire that exemplifies Kensington problems

Phil’s Appliances, which opened in the late 1960s, was recently boarded up, and people are thought to have been living inside.

1 year ago

Swarthmore community members listen together to a podcast episode
Community

Eroded by gentrification, Swarthmore’s historically Black neighborhood is working to preserve a 100-year history

For newcomers, Saturday’s podcast listening party was a history lesson. But for Swarthmore’s historically Black neighborhood, storytelling is a way of resisting erasure.

1 year ago

A mural on a library wall
Community
Billy Penn

A South Philly library gets a vibrant new mural designed by neighborhood kids

The Charles Santore branch has been transformed with paintings that celebrate sisterhood and fun.

1 year ago

Ben Nachum 在他的药房前摆姿势拍照
Community

这条北费城街道有50多家小型企业,但看不到任何银行

对于费城的一些小企业主来说,公共安全问题已经以最糟糕的方式改变了商业走廊。

1 year ago

Interior at Chika, a Blade Runner-inspired ramen bar from Glu Hospitality and chef Dean Leevongcharoen
Arts & Entertainment

What to expect at Chika, Center City’s Blade Runner-inspired underground ramen bar

The new Center City spot is a venture by Glu Hospitality, with a chef who trained in Japan and previously had his own restaurants.

1 year ago

an empty lot filled with grass
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘Sometimes you just get tired’: City releases RFP to redevelop troubled Logan Triangle

A developer walked away from the project after spending nearly a decade trying to breathe new life into the site.

1 year ago

Cinnamon sticks, wraps, and breakfast sandwiches from Day Break Eggs
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

There’s a hidden food court in Grays Ferry, with breakfast sandwiches, BBQ, burritos, pizza, and more

The venture is an offshoot of catering company Chef’s Table. It serves breakfast sandwiches, BBQ, burritos, pizza, and more.

1 year ago

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