Claudia Sherrod, head of the South Philadelphia H.O.M.E.S., Inc. civic group, is fighting a legal battle with an erstwhile business partner who she claims screwed her over in a real-estate transaction involving three trash-filled lots. The parcels are part of…

Evan Lopez Point Breeze is about to become the epicenter of what may be the strangest, most expensive and, perhaps, the most dramatic City Council race Philadelphia has seen in a long time. The contest has already morphed into a…

Streets Dept. blogger Conrad Benner attracted a lot of attention last week when his petition to extend subway and El service into the wee hours got a miraculous acknowledgement from SEPTA. It almost seemed too good to be true when,…

Blackstone Development A rendering of the 63-unit proposal Blackstone Development recently broke ground on the latest in a seemingly endless string of large residential projects that have popped up around Temple University. Located at 1325-37 North 15th Street, plans call for…

Point Breeze struggles with numerous vacant properties Councilman Kenyatta Johnson introduced a resolution in Council that would begin the process of developing 10 vacant lots in Point Breeze, some of which were part of a controversial land grab by the city…

Bradley Maule “The one thing I absolutely refuse to pick up is dog shit,” writer and photographer Bradley Maule tells me as we trudge up a steep trail in the snowbound Wissahickon Valley.  “That said, I am cataloguing the dog…

Ocf Realty Ori Feibush According to campaign finance reports filed at the end of last month, the Friends of Ori Feibush had raised over $100,000 in its first month of fundraising for a campaign to unseat 2nd District Councilman Kenyatta Johnson. Controversial…

Neighbors in the vicinity of 49th and Florence streets have been abuzz about the early-morning collapse of a long-vacant building’s bay window, which sent debris crashing to the sidewalk. Sources say the building at 722 S. 49th St. had a…

Karl Heinz and his friends really want you to know that when it comes to buying pre-owned vehicles in the 25th and Passyunk area, Karl Heinz has got you. This is from 2010, but has a message that is still…