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Roof Deck-Ready Penthouse at Vine Street Condos

Penthouses in any Center City condo are bound to be pretty spectacular in their own way. This one caught our eye because of the handsome […]

Property

Morning Headlines: Will Old City Finally Get Its Skyscraper?

First, the Old City Civic Association was less than happy about its height. Then, complicated zoning matters stalled progress, topped off with Keystone Outdoor Advertising getting miffed because the building […]

Foobooz

Tonight: Ranch Road Tacos at Serrano

Serrano in Old City may have served its last meal on June 28th, but starting tonight there will still be dishes coming out of the kitchen. […]

Foobooz

Smoke & Spiced Pop-Up Bar

Forget sugar and spice because you’ve changed is hosting a Smoke & Spiced Pop-Up Bar tomorrow from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Prime Stache in Old City. The […]

Property

A Third Residence Is for Sale on Historic Elfreth’s Alley

Last week’s real estate blue moon is turning out to have quite the pull! Two Elfreth’s Alley homes were serendipitously put on the market just in […]

Property

Historic Townhouse in Old City Has a Secret

From the outside, this Old City home looks like any other brick townhouse on tiny Cuthbert Street. Which is to say, darling and vaguely historic. […]

Property

Philadelphia’s “Real World” House, aka Trust, Is for Sale

“This is the story…of seven strangers…picked to live in a house…” that used to be a bank. No? Okay, well the building at 3rd and […]

Property

Two Elfreth’s Alley Options to Celebrate Independence Day

Property is available relatively rarely on America’s oldest continually inhabited residential street. Elfreth’s Alley hosts only 32 homes, and two of them being on the […]

Property

Renderings: Eight Townhomes Planned for Old City

Revolution Development Group says it plans to construct eight new townhomes, to be called Bread Street Estates, on the site of a parking lot at […]

Foobooz

Cheesesteak Rivalry: Campo’s Versus Sonny’s

Back in January, when GQ’s Alan Richman ratings of Philadelphia cheesesteaks came out, Old City’s Sonny’s Steaks was at the top and neighboring Campo’s Philly Cheesesteaks was […]

Shoppist

Field Guide: The 10 Best Shops in Old City

The Market Street divide is perhaps never so stark as in Old City. Head south and find a desert of fading bars and restaurants, but […]

Foobooz

Restaurant Review: The Gaslight

If you’re comfortable looking a bartender straight in the eye and asking for a Sex Panther, then girl, does Jason Cichonski have the bar for […]

Things to Do

9 Things to Do This Week in Philly: Clue at the Franklin Institute, Rad Girls Quizzo, Night Market in Old City and More

We recommend doing each and every one of these things this week:

Property

New Construction in Old City: Ben Franklin Views for Miles

Winter is dead. We’re all drinking outside now and wearing open-toed shoes and counting down until we get to this place so we can lay […]

Shoppist

Here Are Your Friday Night Plans: Search + Rescue Launch Party at Art in the Age

Just when we thought we thought we reached repurposed denim and salvaged goods capacity, Old City fave Art in the Age teamed up with Philly-based collective Search + Rescue to […]