Strangest Restaurant Conversion Chestnut Hill Has Ever Known
Adorable little Cafette is closing and being transformed: Owner Jan Wilson is career-changing to acupuncturist, so Cafette will become her temporary clinic in the restaurant’s back room until she can...
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Montgomery Avenue: More Than Ever, a Magnet for Orthodox Jews
In 1957 there weren’t many Orthodox Jews in Lower Merion. There weren’t many Jews at all. The synagogues Har Zion, now in Penn Valley, and Beth David, now in Gladwyne were going strong, but they were...
View ArticlePassyunk Square Home Sells in Three Days
This four-bedroom home at Sixth and Reed blazed right through the market. Was it the combination of Victorian details and updated appliances? Was it the rear patio? A bedroom with attached dressing...
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Rocky’s Famous Run Goes Through 10 Neighborhoods
The Philly Post’s Dan McQuade decided to puzzle out how far Rocky Balboa ran during his iconic running montage that takes him (and, now, thousands of tourists) up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum...
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Property Asks: “What Do You Think About LoSo?”
PHL Local Gaming, one of the six contenders for Philadelphia’s second casino license, has announced a bold plan for the Lower South Philadelphia area where they’d put their casino. A recent press...
View ArticleNew Villanova Expansion Plan Gets Hearing Tonight
It’s been a NIMBY nightmare for Villanova. Like Drexel, Temple and Penn, Villanova has been pursuing its own plans for a renaissance to increase the quality of campus and student life. But the former...
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New Organic Grocery Store — But Not Whole Foods — Will Take Borders’ Rosemont...
Last week, the Inquirer’s Michael Klein wrote, “MOM’s Organic Market, a greener-than-thou grocery chain whose locations ring D.C., has signed to open its first Philly-area location. Its Facebook...
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Zoë’s Opens Four More Suburban Philadelphia Locations
Zoë’s Kitchen — the Mediterranean-inspired chain restaurant where most of the food is grilled — already had three local spots (Collegeville, Marlton and Newtown) when it opened yet another outpost in...
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Weekend Pick: Pearl Street Arts Festival Celebrates Chinatown North’s...
Pearl Street rendering by Walter Hood. Tomorrow, Saturday, September 28, the Asian Arts Initiative is throwing a party — well, an arts festival whose participants perfectly embody the growing artistic...
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Property Has a New Address!
Hey, y’all! It’s time to change those bookmarks. Property has moved, and we think you’re going to like our new digs. We’ve got a spiffier look, much better galleries, mobile optimization, and all...
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