Philly Bricks

If I were to tell you there was a fitness center in the heart of the city that had a swimming pool, racquetball court, basketball court,  sa...

In Inga Saffron's latest article , she refers to Brickstone's East Chestnut development as a "Cinderella transformation," ...

With residential high-rises encroaching from each direction, Center City's hottest neighborhood is inarguably the Gayborhood right now, ...

With Venture Inn closing next weekend, I can't point out the exact reason I'm so torn up. Perhaps that's because there are so ma...

Philadelphia's gay scene, although geographically small, is anything but a subdued presence. Despite its unofficial rebranding as Midtow...

When I first read about the upcoming rainbow crosswalks in the Gayborhood, I thought it was a great idea. Then I saw this... ...and im...

After a fire broke out on the 9th floor of the infamous Spruce Parker Hotel at 13th and Spruce last year, many locals cheered. But the revel...

Boxers PHL , the Gayborhood's answer to Hooters, has found success uncharacteristic of a city with a rigid stance against corporate chai...

Remember the Fergie Tower? U3 Venture's 30 story tower of Fergie, former member of Kids Incorporated and Wild Orchid?  Just kidding. ...

In an unfortunate series of events, Philadelphia's Gayborhood neighborhood was delivered several hits in the last month. The former Lett...

The days are numbered for Little Pete's iconic 18th and Chancellor location, so I decided to take a friend who was in town for the weeke...

It's got two stars on Yelp , a whopping one and a half on TripAdvisor , but what may be surprising is that the tenants of the Spruce Par...

I thought donuts were the new cupcakes. Or maybe it was cereal. I was hoping it would be scrapple, but I'm going to let that dream go......

Philadelphia's impression outside Philadelphia leaves a lot to be desired. That's fine. We're Philadelphians. We're used to ...

Helen Urbinas's puff piece on Philly.com has managed to shove the proverbial stick further up the traditional Philadelphian's ass...

Add Philadelphia to the top of another list. Mark Segal of the Philadelphia Gay News reported on a recent Human Rights Campaign assessment ...

I was home for Christmas discussing Philadelphia with an uncle from Long Island, who travels to Philadelphia yearly for a convention, stayin...