Broad Street
Morning Headlines: Dranoff to Open Hotel/Condo at Broad and Spruce
Yesterday Hidden City broke the news that developer Carl Dranoff has a new project planned: Avenue Place, a 40-story mixed-use hotel-condo tower on the corner […]
Hotel Dirt: Center City’s Doubletree Hilton Expands
Jay Barnett, a partner in the group that owns 237 S. Broad Street — home to the Doubletree Hilton Hotel — tells us construction has […]
Morning Headlines: J. Crew Outlet Is Coming to the Philly Suburbs!
First Madewell–J. Crew’s sister store–chose Walnut Street for its newest location. And now J. Crew Factory–the store’s outlet–comes to the ’burbs. The commercial real estate […]
You’re Welcome: A Large Naked Man, Idly Strolling Down Broad Street
Courtesy of Redditor paultrigg: “A lady in my office spotted this gentleman walking down Broad Street today.” That was yesterday, but today is Friday. So […]
Center City Getting New Movie Theater! (Sort of)
Broad Street’s getting a new theater. Except it’s not exactly new. Well, whatever, we’ll take anything we can get here in screen-starved Philadelphia. (How’s that […]
Roots Mural Being Dedicated Today on Broad Street
The Roots’ long-awaited mural, located at the World Communications Charter School, on Broad and South. It’s being dedicated today, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. […]
Property’s Morning Obsession: Roots Mural Gets a Dedication Date!
How long have we been waiting for the Roots mural? It seems like forever ago that we started pining for Philly’s biggest hometown hip-hop stars […]
Union League Gets a New Look
That august institution founded in 1862 by President Lincoln, Broad Street’s French Renaissance Union League of Philadelphia is getting an interior makeover. A new demonstration […]
Photographer Captures Heartbreaking Scenes of the Inquirer’s Old Offices
Photographer Will Steacy, whose father worked at the Inky for 29 years, has chronicled the paper’s recent struggles through a series of images documenting the months […]
Panic (Or Actually, Don’t)! Broad Street Run Lottery Opens Today
The Broad Street Run Lottery registration begins…9 hours and 30 minutes ago. And it will end…in 278 hours and 30 minutes. Only 40,000 slots, so […]
Broad Street Run Deferral Program Now Open
If you deferred your spot in last year’s Broad Street Run, you can guarantee your spot this time around for free. Practically. And bypass the […]
Breaking: Broad Street Run Lottery Details Announced
Start your engines. The dates to enter the controversial lottery that will determine whether or not you can participate in the Broad Street Run have […]
Quick Bites: Stollenwerk Replaces Stollenwerk, Swanky’s Bubble Bursts
When Mike Stollenwerk’s Fish moves to its bigger digs at 13th and Locust the Lombard Street restaurant space will be replaced by Mike Stollenwerk’s Brick […]
Quick Bites: New Life on Broad from Ellsworth to Master
The Broad Street Diner at Broad and Ellsworth, which Stephen Starr has walked away from twice is now scheduled to become…. a diner. Diner magnate […]