Last month a mysterious flag appeared on top of the tree that graced the roof of the abandoned and soon-to-be demolished Ortlieb’s Brewery building in Northern Liberties. We’ve got the story of how it got up there–and why

For a neighborhood to reverse severe decline, it takes more than urban pioneers, writes Nathaniel Popkin. Here’s the case of the Northern Liberties, whose current state was neither inevitable, or even likely three decades ago

The former L.H. Parke Coffee and Tea Importer under the El was owned by Tower Investments–and left unsecured. The fire closed the El

The former Ortlieb’s bottling plant–once home to a brewpub, a baseball academy and the Fringe Festival Cabaret–will be converted to apartments