Neal Santos LIVING IN LIMBO: Marisol Rivera and Roberto Cancel thought they were on the path to home ownership when they entered a rent-to-own agreement with Robert Coyle Sr. Four years later, they’re not sure if they’ll ever be made…

Wynn’s vision of a Delaware River promenade is not to be. Contenders for Philly’s second casino license have one less competitor to beat out: Wynn Resorts decided to withdraw its proposal to build a casino-resort on the Delaware River, a…

Samantha Melamed BOOK SMART: Temple student MaryKate Higgins (left) and Tree House Books after-school coordinator Lauren Macaluso Popp organized volunteers to get the library at the Tanner Duckrey School into working order. Principal Tracy Scott isn’t sure when Tanner Duckrey…

Neal Santos BOOM TOWN: At Front and Oxford, D3 Development partners Greg Hill (right) and Gabe Canuso are building a hub for education professionals to live and work, bringing 114 new residential units to South Kensington. George Hill moved to…

Things were going well for Reuben Canada (right), a Point Breeze resident and African-American entrepreneur. His ginger, green-tea and cayenne-pepper beverage, Jin+Ja, is carried by Whole Foods and other stores around Philly. A Walmart buyer was hooked on the drink and…

Philly’s skyline is getting a new landmark: Cira Centre South, aka FMC Tower, the new headquarters for a chemical company and, by June 2016, the sixth-tallest building in Philly. The project, by Brandywine Realty Trust, will be 47 stories and 830,000…

Almost every new development of “modern” rowhouses going up in Philly today seems to boast what passes today for a bay window: a boxy protrusion jutting out of its the facade. Checking the homepage of NakedPhilly.com yesterday yielded no fewer…

Left, exhibition designer Jordan Klein, right, Erin Bernard Standing on the grassy vacant lot where his great-uncle’s house once stood in East Kensington, Frank Wilson says there aren’t many people who can tell the story of what was here. “I’m…

Few things are as endlessly entertaining as depictions of Philadelphia in pop culture, which is why we’re launching The 19102 Review, a new column devoted to Philly books. Little Black Book of MurderNancy MartinMystery, 2013, Obsidian, 372 pp. Not even…