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Property

Rittenhouse Square Rental for $6,000: Elegance on Steroids

This exquisite unit is the most expensive 2-bedroom condo rental on Rittenhouse Square. It’s easy to see why.

Property

Fossil Is Not Coming to 1616 Walnut, But We’ll Soon Know What Is

Fossil wanted signs that didn’t go with an Art Deco facade. Which retailer can make its signage work with the historically designated building?

433 Spruce Street is a find in Society Hill.
Property

Luxury living in Society Hill for less than $1M (but not that much less)

SPOTLIGHT LISTING The architectural appeal of this Society Hill home seems to be unending: 19th-century Italian double door entrance, 33-foot ceilings in the living room, […]

City Life

Who Will Claim Daffy’s Old Center City Location?

Our colleagues at PhillyMag’s new Property blog say that bidding on the old Daffy’s location at 17th and Walnut is down to two bidders, both […]

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Property

Marketplace Design Center Is Up for Sale

The vast, capacious, ginormous, colossal, unbounded and tremendously large Marketplace Design Center building at 24th and Market is for sale. The building houses 40 design […]

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Property

Daffy’s Center City Is Down to 2 Bidders

There are two finalists for the Daffy’s Center City space at 17th and Chestnut. Let the countdown begin.

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Property

Property’s Morning Obsession: Unique Interior Design at 18th and Spruce

Incredible interiors that are fun, pope-worthy, fabulous and slightly bizarre in a home for sale in Center City.

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Property

Breaking: Oprah’s Home Makeover Takes Her From Stone to Oak

Oprah’s home doesn’t represent the real Oprah, so she’s revamping the manse she calls “my own private Tara.” Three homes in Philly that can be Oprah-fied as well.

City Life

Photos: The Forum Porn Theater Now Demolished

The Forum–the last place to catch a good porn in Center City–is now little more than a crumbling brick shell. Though the demolition is not […]

City Life

Check Out the Secret Underground Tunnel Beneath the Parkway

Curbed Philly reports: “Largely unbeknownst to many, beneath Pennsylvania Avenue lies a massive undeveloped tunnel that stretches from 27th Street all the way down to the […]

Restaurants

Restaurant Week Alternatives: The $45 Lobster Tasting Menu At Matyson

What’s that? You’re sick to friggin’ death of all the Restaurant Week nonsense clogging up your favorite restaurants (and your favorite food blog)? Well then […]

City Life

Jason Smith, Suspect in Pediatrician Murder, May Have Sordid Past After All

The more we find out about Jason Smith, the pest-control technician accused of killing pediatrician Melissa Ketunuti in her home last week, the less innocuous […]

Restaurants

Don’t Miss This: Pork Asado at Jamonera

With just five short nights left in this year’s Center City Restaurant Week, we’ve decided to call out individually excellent dishes at participating restaurants–just to […]

City Life

Forum Theater, Philly’s Last Porn Palace, Slated for Demolition

Philly.com reports: The owner of the Forum Theater has obtained a permit to demolish the Market Street property, according to records from the city’s Department […]

City Life

Parents of Murdered CHOP Doctor Release Statement

The parents of the CHOP doctor murdered Wednesday in Center City have released a public statement. They are currently traveling from Thailand to Philadelphia to […]