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The new Fishtown hotel known as Riversuites is expected to open by the end of the year.

A Stephen Starr alum and a Momofuku vet teamed up for an East Kensington spot focused on farm-to-glass cocktails and sustainable food.

Conrad Benner after taking a close look at one of the in-progress murals he organized in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia. “I find deep joy and…

At the heart of Conrad Benner’s work is a love for a city that he believes is particularly suited to a thriving street arts community.

Threads, the new text-based social media app from Meta, gained 100 million users within its first five days. In Philly, SEPTA, Comcast, Wawa and the city's professional sports teams all quickly created accounts, as did many residents. But people are still trying to figure out how best to use the platform, which requires an Instagram account. It remains to be seen whether it can succeed in challenging Twitter.

Rush Street Gaming owns and runs Rivers Casino Philadelphia. The gaming operator announced on July 12 that it will construct a 62-suite deluxe boutique hotel within The Battery.

'Riversuites' will be a 62-suite luxury hotel in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia.

A new 62-suite boutique luxury hotel is to be opened inside The Battery on Beach Street in Fishtown by Rivers Casino Philadelphia.

Rivers Casino is opening a hotel in Fishtown later this year at The Battery, the renovated former PECO power plant along the Delaware River waterfront. The 62-room boutique hotel will have one-, two- and three-bedroom suites. It will also have co-working spaces, lobby gathering spaces, a pool table and an indoor basketball court. The Battery will include a mix of rentals, office space and event space inside the historic building.

Rivers Casino Philadelphia is "powering up" its hotel plans. The casino announced that it will open a 62-suite boutique luxury hotel inside The Battery, the mixed-use lifestyle campus underway on Beach Street in Fishtown.