Market East
Renderings for East Market Project Released
Here are the renderings, by BLT Architects, of the East Market development slated for the four-acre parcel between Market and Chestnut, 11th and 12th. Unlike […]
Philebrity’s Joey Sweeney Gets Real About the Gallery
I’m a little behind on my philebrity reading, so I’m only just now getting to the post titled “A Small Request: Will You Please Stop […]
Newspapers to Lose Lobby as New Retail Headed to 801 Market Street
In a memo sent to all Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com employees yesterday, publisher Bob Hall announced some new retail for 801 Market Street! He […]
Morning Headlines: Lit Brothers Tower Gets Civic Design Approval
The new Comcast tower wasn’t the only project given the go-ahead by the Civic Design Review committee. It also approved revised plans from developer Brickstone […]
Morning Headlines: Vaguely Plausible Plans to Demolish, Build at 11th and Market
Philadelphia’s stagnating retail corridor on the east side of Market Street might finally get a major wake-up call, and we’re not talking about the Gallery. […]
Morning Headlines: Market8 Gets Three Political Endorsements
Market8 has been endorsed yet again, this time by state and local legislators: Rep. John Taylor, Rep. Michael O’Brien, and Councilman Mark Squilla. They join […]
Philadelphia’s Most Endangered Properties 2013
The big news that was embargoed until this morning yet released yesterday anyway is the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia’s 11th Annual Endangered Properties List. […]
PREIT’s Plans for the Gallery Are Less Elusive. Sort Of.
The mysterious game-changing redevelopment project PREIT has planned for the Gallery has become a little less elusive. Sort of. Since October, PREIT has dropped more hints […]
Q&A: Franklin Flea Founder Mark Vevle
The same day that we learned that the Brooklyn Flea brand failed here in Philadelphia, we also learned that its locally based manager, Mark Vevle, […]
Revitalization of Girard Square Announced at 2116 Chestnut Grand Opening
Today was the grand opening of 2116 Chestnut (left), a 34-story residential building that already has more than 100 people moved in. Deputy Mayor Alan […]
Is Bloomingdale’s Coming to the Gallery?
HughE Dillon over at PhillyChitChat says that the Bloomie’s folks have been here four times to look at the Burlington Coat Factory space, and the […]
Congratulations, PREIT–the Gallery Is All Yours
As of yesterday, Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) officially owns the Kmart at Ninth and Market–the one it paid $60 million for even though […]
Design Advocacy Group Bashes Bart But Says Casino Should Be Downtown
The Design Advocacy Group is a collaborative of very smart people: urban planners, architects, designers and likeminded guardians of the aesthetic who advocate for quality […]
Philly’s New Casinos, Plus the Apparently Related Crappy Basement of a Complete Stranger
There are six proposals for Philadelphia’s next casino, and you know wherever things ends up, people will complain. So let’s forestall the inevitable moaning and […]