Philly Office Retail, a Germantown-based real estate company, is growing its operations. On Monday, it officially opened a new office, which is located at 6825 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy. Though…

The owner of an early-century Chestnut Hill mansion is looking to amend its conservation easements, which permanently protect the property from development, in order to make way for a school. In…

The Philadelphia Water Department says a project to remake the Venice Island Recreation Center in Manayunk, which will cost $45 million, has reached a milestone. Spokeswoman More »

The Mural Arts Program has chosen Manayunk as a "public arts district," where a large amount of works, which could include murals, light and sound More »

If nature had its way, the Manayunk Canal would eventually turn into wetlands. To keep that from happening, the city's Department of Parks Recreation will begin dredging the waterway in 2012.…

Bikers, joggers and walkers, take note: Parts of the Manayunk Towpath will be closed periodically this summer. The city's Department of Parks & Recreation is More »

Sometime in the next couple weeks, Fresh Grocer on Chelten Avenue and Pulaski Street will shut its doors. The store's spokesperson, Carlie Stross, declined to say what would become of the…

The School Reform Commission (SRC) delayed a vote this week that would allow Green Woods Charter School to expand. According to Barry Sunshine, a Green Woods board member, the school must…

If your Granny from the Northwest doesn’t know how to check email, she could soon. Center in the Park, a Germantown-based senior center, has won a $50,000 grant from the city’s…

This week, two mothers announced that they've secured more than $100,000 from Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr.'s office in order to build a playground at Inn More »

The East Falls community has embarked on a year-long land use plan with Philadelphia University, Drexel University and the William Penn Charter School. At a meeting on Monday, the East Falls…

Last week, the Zoning Code Commission (ZCC) released its blue-line draft of the city's new zoning code, which details the most recent changes to the More »

An eyesore across the street from one of the oldest historic homes in Philadelphia will soon be nothing but dust. Neighbors say the hulking warehouse at 18th and Courtland streets in…

A proposed "transit village" alongside the Washington Lane Regional Rail station just got one step closer to fruition. The mixed-use, mixed-income development headed by Mt. Airy, USA has won a $100,000…

On Tuesday, City Council's Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities heard from the public about the Philadelphia Water Department's new stormwater runoff fees paid by independent business owners and other non-residential…

(Revised edition: Corrections made to a street name and neighborhood area) Last night's West Mt. Airy Neighbors' Zoning Committee meeting was no sleeper. It featured a good old-fashioned neighborhood brawl, a…

Eleanor Smith Morris, the daughter of the woman who gave the Schuylkill Center most of its land, is joining a small group of conservationists opposed More »

This week, the city's Department of Parks Recreation began repairing a gully along the Wissahickon Creek, in hopes of curbing stormwater runoff, erosion and the death of several trees. It's one…

In a January city Planning Commission meeting, John Grady, the senior vice president of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation made a claim that might stun some: Philly, he said, is not…

Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno's plan to open a literary arts center in Mt. Airy, though itself a rosy idea, sprouted from unspeakable tragedy. In 2003, Bonanno's daughter, Leidy, a 21-year-old, ...  …