When Olde Richmond neighbors first saw renderings of Greenpointe Contruction’s development plans for the former hosiery mill at 2400 E. Huntingdon St., their reaction, to say the least, was negative. ...

When the Star asked historian Oscar Beisert if he thought the now former Penn Home building – Fishtown’s oldest structure dating more than 250 years – would be demolished if sold to new owners, he ...

The event space at Building 39. | Photo by Tom Beck. On the northernmost edge of Bridesburg tucked away at the corner of Tacony and Bridge streets just below I-95 lies the Frankford Arsenal, a campus ...

Local business owners’ desire to formulate a business improvement district dedicated to the booming Fishtown and Kensington neighborhoods dates to 2018, and as of 2020 they finally got their wish. The ...

Basically, we are all spoiled, even if it doesn’t always feel like it. Fans of the Philadelphia Eagles are in the midst of one of the longest, most successful stretches any National Football League ...

The former tar decanter area of the Philadelphia Coke Company plant. | Photo taken from an EPA Environmental Indicator Inspection Report. Photo by Michael Baker, Jr. The office of City Councilperson ...

State Rep. Joe Hohenstein (D-177th dist.) defeated Republican Mark LaVelle in last week’s election, prevailing 65 percent to 34 percent. LaVelle took 59 percent in the Bridesburg-based 45th Ward, but ...

Kalaya owner and chef Chutatip “Nok” Suntaranon. | Photo courtesy of Mike Prince Following the closure of the original Kalaya Thai Kitchen in Bella Vista, chef and owner Chutatip “Nok” Suntaranon will ...

On Monday, Philadelphia labor unions representing firefighters, paramedics, and transport workers gave their emphatic support behind Judge Pat Dugan’s campaign for District Attorney. Leadership from ...

Arway Linen & Uniform Rentals has found a home for its new corporate headquarters, a 70,000-square-foot industrial facility at 3711-3763 Sepviva St. in Port Richmond. Commercial real estate firm ...

With a decisive 38-11 vote, the Pennsylvania Senate passed Senate Bill 347, legislation introduced by Senator Christine Tartaglione (D-2) to prohibit the operation of safe injection sites in the ...

The Riverfront North Partnership was recently awarded a $253,500 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The grant, one of 45 to be awarded by NFWF totaling nearly $15.8 million, will go ...