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Mind-Boggling West Philly Container Garden

Plant lovers in West Philly have probably noticed this house at 47th and Baltimore because it has one of the most exuberant rooftop gardens I’ve […]

City Life

Bostonians Very Angry that CHOP Is Ranked #1 Children’s Hospital

We’re number one, baby. For your babies. (We? Why am I writing “we”?) While it’s no surprise around these parts that the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia […]

Restaurants

Philly Beer Week Concludes with a Great Beer Auction at City Tap House

It’s the beginning of the end, and that bums us out. But just like the commencement ceremonies were fun, so will be the ending celebrations. West […]

Property

University City Landlord/Broker Melani Lamond Speaks Out About NIMBYs

Dunkin Donuts is prepping a space in University City, and some neighbors aren’t happy about a chain restaurant moving into the space. Though this particular […]

Property

Newly Listed: UCity Fixer-Upper in Great Location for Just $100,000

Call it whatever you like–a fixer-upper, a diamond in the rough, a house needing TLC–this one could be a rather good deal. The intersection of […]

City Life

Steve Martin Played Him Some Banjo in Philly Last Night

WXPN’s 13th annual Non-COMMvention music festival kicked off last night with a performance from Steve Martin and Edie Brickell (Paul Simon’s wife), who played songs […]

Restaurants

Saint Declan’s Well Is Coming to The Left Bank

Saint Declan’s Well in Ireland The Left Bank apartment building on the Walnut Street bridge in University City is losing Tria Wine Room this week. […]

Restaurants

Tria Wine Room Is Closing

This Friday, May 17th will be the last day for Univesity City’s Tria Wine Room. The little sibbling of Center City’s Tria locations opened in October, […]

City Life

Penn Wants to Ban Smoking on Campus

Penn’s University Council Committee has recommended banning smoking. Like, not only in every building, where it’s is already prohibited, but in every nook and cranny […]

Restaurants

The Best Movie Theater Snacks in the Philadelphia Area

In the May issue of Philadelphia magazine the staff put together the Movie-Lover’s Guide to Philly’s Screen Scene. Almost 50 theaters were visited and rated. Along the […]

Restaurants

One More Way to Get George Sabatino’s Food This Summer

George Sabatino will be in the kitchen at Morgan’s Pier when it opens this Thursday, May 9th but that won’t be the only place you […]

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Property

Here’s What the Grove At Cira Centre South Will Look Like

Brandywine Realty Trust’s  Grove at Cira Centre South at 31st and Market, designed by Cira Centre architect Cesar Pelli and Erdy McHenry Architects, now has […]

Restaurants

University City Will Get a New Liquor Store

Check out the week’s most interesting posts on Philadelphia magazine’s real estate blog, Property. University City has been without a liquor store since the Wine […]

Property

Mixed-Use Complex at 43rd and Sansom to Be Built Along With Liquor Store

Apartments at Penn generally buys properties, rehabs them and rents them to students. But now that the Zoning Board and the Spruce Hill community have […]

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Property

“Paradise City” Renovation at 49th and Locust Is Definitely Under Way

It’s been more than a year since Oren Brothers Real Estate announced their plans to transform the old Croydon Building–aka the squatters’ Paradise City–into an […]