From brunch to bunny hop: Easter & Passover in the city

There’s a city full of ways to celebrate renewal of the spirit. Though Americans’ popular conception of Easter is as a Christian holiday, its roots lie equally in non-religious celebrations of the coming of spring. On both levels, it’s a time to celebrate renewal of the spirit....

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Clover Market Kicks Off Its Spring Season Sunday, April 12 With More Than 100 Vendors, Food Trucks And More

Good news, shopping fans: Clover Market, a juried upscale vintage and antiques bazaar, opens for its spring season in April. The treasure hunters paradise will open for the season in Chestnut Hill on Sunday, April 12 where it will offer goods from more than 100 high-end vendors peddling everything from antiques and handmade items to […]

Class Warfare On Arch Street

Nathaniel Popkin takes a look at three new Old City row houses under construction that disrespect the city, the site, and the famous woman mythologized across the street

Amazon allows users to order home services on demand

Homeowners in major metropolitan areas across the U.S. can now use Amazon to browse, purchase and and schedule hundreds of tasks from home services providers including wall mounting a new TV, house...

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Longwood Gardens Welcomes The Season With Its Annual Spring Blooms Celebration, April 4-May 31

Soon, the Philadelphia region will say so long to bare trees and brown grass and welcome the beautiful blooms of springtime. We can’t wait, and neither can Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square. It’s no secret that a rainbow of colors emerges at Longwood Gardens every spring, and after the long winter season, the fresh floral […]

A Broad Street Line Extension Would Need “A Broad Base Of Support”

Previewing the fundraising effort for a BSL extension to the Navy Yard, Woodlands meets fundraising goal, environmental education in a “native meadow” in the Northwest, and Philly once again cited as excellent biking city

Come August, there will be a new roadblock to closing a deal on a house

Everyone agrees that increasing consumer protection is a desirable goal. Nevertheless, the unforeseen ripple effects from these changes could seriously disrupt how the closing process is conducted ...

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The clause in your Internet listing agreement that could give away your photo rights

Real estate listings and their associated photographs and media are very valuable content (intellectual property). This content is so valuable that some websites have built pretty large kingdoms...

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How real estate agents can get unlimited direct mail advertising for free (Part 2)

Yesterday, I explained how I discovered a no-cost direct mail advertising system. Today, we're going to cover how to implement that system in your own real estate business ...

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Head To Fitler Square For A Kid-Centric Easter Egg Hunt On Sunday, March 29

Bring your Easter baskets! Fitler Square hosts its 13th annual Easter egg hunt this Sunday, March 29 at 3 p.m. — but guests are encouraged to arrive before the 3 p.m. start time. Participating egg hunters will be broken into groups by age in a sectioned-off part of the park. The egg hunt is open […]

Save The Date: The Philadelphia Science Festival Returns For Its 5th Year With 100+ Smart Events, A Huge Street Fair And More, April 24-May 2

Everyone has an inner nerd. And soon, Philadelphia will welcome the return of a brilliant celebration of braininess. The 2015 Philadelphia Science Festival (PSF) arrives April 24 through May 2, with more than 100 smart events scheduled at venues throughout the city and beyond for a nine-day celebration of science and technology. Organized by the […]

Airbnb hosts embracing automated valuations

Beyond Pricing, the provider of a dynamic pricing platform designed to maximize rental revenue for individuals and property managers, has raised $1.5 million in a seed round that'll help the startup...

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Jazz Appreciation Month Returns This April With Dozens Of Free And Ticketed Music Events Celebrating Philadelphia’s Rich Jazz History

Philadelphia owns a solid reputation as a jazz town. This April, the city turns the spotlight on its live jazz scene with the return of Jazz Appreciation Month in Philly. Now in its fifth year, Philadelphia’s fete of jazz joins a larger celebration of jazz appreciation organized nationally since 2002 by the Smithsonian. As the […]

The Love Run Half-Marathon Returns This Weekend With A Pre-Race Party, Finish Line Festival And More, March 27-29

This Sunday, March 29, runners of all levels and ability will take to the streets to run though Philadelphia for the second-ever Love Run, a spring half-marathon that spreads the Philly love all around town via both participants and onlookers. In addition to the race, Love Run pre- and -post-run festivities will deliver good times […]

The Lemon Society Speakeasy, A Prohibition-Themed Party, Returns To Benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand On Saturday, March 28

Dance, drink, eat and dress up for a good cause as the Lemon Society Speakeasy, a fundraiser for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, returns for its fourth year of Prohibition-themed fun on Saturday, March 28 from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Pyramid Club. The event will call on some of the city’s top bartenders to […]

Difficulty Ahead In Preserving Socioeconomic Diversity For Gentrifying Neighborhoods

What the data suggests for the future of economic equality in Philadelphia, Tinicum approves PHL runway expansion plans, food trucks push for less restrictive municipal regulations, and Clark urges Archdiocese to refrain from demolishing Fishtown church just yet

More Homes Coming To South Kensington

Development pressure creeps up from Fishtown and Northern Liberties, another scandal for L&I, a history of sink-ins, and adaptive reuse on the Main Line

Former realtor.com exec out for slice of neighborhood discovery pie

Former realtor.com executive Allan Dalton is back, having set his sites set on taking a slice of the neighborhood discovery pie. It’s potentially a very big pie — Nextdoor, in its most...

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Save The Date: Manayunk StrEAT Food Festival Hits Main Street With Food Trucks, Restaurant Specials And More On Sunday, April 12

Heads up, food fans: The Manayunk StrEAT Food Festival returns to Main Street Manayunk this spring on Sunday, April 12. Reprising its fall debut, the bi-annual fest brings back its beer garden on Cotton Street and a designated kids area at Canal View Park — and will close down Main Street for vehicular traffic to […]

Representing infill in real estate

The development community saw potential in the bricks and beams of yesteryear, and slowly but surely, began to resurrect these sleeping giants and return them to their former glory. By the early...

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2015 Readers’ Choice Awards

The envelopes have been opened and the tallying is complete. Now it’s time for South Philly’s standout offerings to get their much deserved moment in ink as an acceptance of their 2015 Readers’ Choice Award. 2014 Readers' Choice AwardsCuisine Geno’s Steaks Cheesesteak Mr....

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PHS To Make Laurel Hill Entrance More Inviting

Traffic island to be remade by PHS, Fishtown church demolished, Penn study suggests the health benefits of green lots, and Oh moves to get bridges fixed

Philly Beer Week Presents The Hammer Of Glory Tour Pub Crawl, A Neighborhood Bar Crawl On The Last Thursday Of The Month Through May

The arrival of spring means a number of things in the City of Brotherly Love including an onslaught of spring festivals like the highly anticipated Philly Beer Week, which hits bars in the city from May 29 to June 7. In anticipation of the beer-lovers festival, The Hammer of Glory — or HOG — will […]

It’s full steam ahead for CFPB’s public complaint database

Despite strong objections from leaders in the mortgage and other banking industries, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is moving forward with a policy that allows consumers to publicly voice...

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