• “Traveling tailor” Indochino sets up a pop-up shop near Rittenhouse Square this month. Expert tailors will fit customers for custom shirts and suits, with sizings stored online for future orders. [Racked]
• After a tryout week of complimentary body waxing, European Wax Center now offers Miami-style hair removal services near Rittenhouse Square [PRWeb]
• Zagat panelists track down the eight best healthy dining restaurants in Rittenhouse Square: Zama scores big, and Mi Lah confirms their place in our hearts. Is Dmitri’s really a “Rittenhouse” eatery, though? [Zagat]
• In celebration of Philadelphia hosting the USA Sevens Collegiate Rugby Championship, a rugby scrum will shut down 18th Street between Walnut and Locust Tuesday during lunchtime, giving diners at Parc and Devon an unexpected treat. [Rittenhouse Row]
• The King and Queen of Sweden swung through Center City Philadelphia to celebrate the 375th anniversary of “New Sweden,” now known as Delaware. After leaving City Hall, the couple journeyed to South Philadelphia for a quick stop at the American Swedish Historical Museum, which is not actually the same as IKEA. [Newsworks]

• If you didn’t already know about the semi-secret public park across from the old Daffy’s building, you’ll hear about it soon. More accurately, you’ll just hear it. John F. Collins Park, at 1707 Chestnut Street, will host lunchtime live music concerts featuring local jazz and classical artists on Tuesdays and Thursdays through the end of June. [Uwishunu]
• The Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen will take over Rittenhouse Square this weekend, hosting their Fine Craft Fair from May 10-12. 140 artists will display jewelry, furniture, pottery, and other fine crafts from 11am-7pm on Friday and Saturday, and from 11am-6pm on Sunday. [Chester County Daily Local News]
• Craig LaBan explores Rittenhouse’s new bottle shop, the Corner Foodery, which makes really creative sandwiches instead of just pretending to serve food (like most Philly beer stores). [Philly.com]
• The folks at Wash Cycle Laundry will now drop off locally sourced “produce, bread, coffee, honey, and jam” to customers of its pickup/delivery laundry service. [Philly.com]

• Rittenhouse Square plays host to a demo of bike-sharing systems that might soon connect Center City West with other neighborhoods. [CBS Philly]
• Philadelphia Art Alliance fundraiser aims to improve lighting and signage around the Wetherill Mansion. [Glamorosi]
• Rittenhouse Square, like most parts of major cities, has rats. It’s just that, thanks to a mild winter, this year’s rats are a little bigger than usual. [Philadelphia Magazine]
• Save the date for the 2013 Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival, jamming Walnut Street from Broad to 20th on Saturday, May 18. [Uwishunu]
• Rittenhouse Square celebrates 100 years since the commissioning of its current design. [Examiner]

• Market Street Trader Joe’s, the second busiest location in the country, finally expands. Let’s hope the first thing they expand are the checkouts. [Philadelphia Real Estate Blog]
• The former Scriven space at 1602 Spruce will become the second location for popular Passyunk coffee bar/sandwich shop Plenty. Fooboos has a sneak peek at what’s been going on behind those papered windows and construction vehicles for the past few months. They expect to open in May. [Foobooz]
• A new documentary reveals that a quiet Rittenhouse Square couple orchestrated one of the biggest rescues of Holocaust orphans during World War II. [Huffington Post]
• Allan Domb consolidates Rittenhouse Square retail properties, picking up the buildings that house Barney’s Co-op and Serafina. [Philadelphia Business Journal]
• Developer and aspiring casino builder Bart Blatstein purchased a historic, 5,800 square foot Rittenhouse Square mansion for $4.2 million. [Center City Team]

• Oyster House hosts its annual shucking contest this weekend. [Uwishunu]
• Sawatdee, Rex 1516, and Rittenhouse Tavern all show up on Zagat’s list of fixes for Philly’s food scene. [Zagat]
• Even in Rittenhouse Square, the cost per square foot for restaurant leases is still about 1/4 that of Manhattan. [Philly.com]
• Get ready to play Pong on the side of the Cira Centre. [Technically Philly]
• Metropolitan Gallery’s next “Sideshow Series” starts April 15. [Philadelphia Business Journal]

• 2013′s Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival is booked for May 18. Last year, I got to enjoy a mini-burger from Whiskey Village with only a two minute wait. [Philadelphia Magazine]
• Joe Coffee’s open for business on Rittenhouse Square, with plans already made to add seating to the neighboring lobby. [Zagat]
• Racked wants readers to vote on the more stylish neighborhood in Philadelphia: Rittenhouse Square or Old City? [Racked]
• European Wax Center opens on S. 18th St. I walked by during a staff meeting—it’s like Apple Store of waxing in there. [Rittenhouse Row]
• Parc hits #1 on OpenTable’s list of most booked restaurants for March. The Dandelion makes a close, third place finish. [Philly.com]

• Composer Michael Kiley hides an original pop song in the center of Rittenhouse Square, as part of his public art installation. [Newsworks]
• Rachel Hildebrandt discovers that a shocking lack of photo documentation from the 1990s makes it hard for us to remember what the Avenue of the Arts looked like before revitalization efforts transformed the neighborhood. [Hidden City Philadelphia]
• Joe Yonan walks into HipCityVeg, expecting to try a vegetarian cheesesteak, and ends up with delicious chick’n and udon noodles instead. [Washington Post]
• Pick up your pool money if you called “a.bar” as the name of aka hotel’s new bar on the corner of 18th and Walnut. [Philly.com]
• Anne Hathaway hits up the Ten Six Club for her cousin’s bachelorette party. [Philly Post]

• NYC coffee shop Joe Coffee has foodies and Rittenhouse Square office workers buzzing with news of an April 2 grand opening at the former Optique location inside 1845 Walnut Street. [Philadelphia Business Journal]
• Not far away, on the 1900 block of Sansom, the Rittenhouse Coffee Shop and other historic buildings remain vacant. [Curbed Philly]
• Sustainable commercial space has taken hold at 1845 Walnut. Upstairs from the new Joe Coffee, the Feldman Shepard law firm has moved into a new office with efficient design and great views of the Square. [PR]
• Japanese cultural demonstrations at Liberty Place and the KODO drummers at the Kimmel Center punctuate this year’s Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival, from April 1-26. [Uwishunu]

• The Metropolitan Cafe on 19th earned lots of press for its recent opening, but the affiliated Metropolitan Gallery that opened six months ago offers restaurant workers the ability to showcase their art in its “Sidework Series” [Rittenhouse Row]
• Fitler Dining Room, featuring “short, simple, and classic” fare, opens in the former Meme space. [BlackBook]
• PATCO and SEPTA both plan to expand adoption of contactless smart cards, but don’t expect Freedom Cards and Transpasses to talk to each other’s systems for many years. [Philly.com]
• Walnut Street shoppers wish the new Cheesecake Factory building was just a little bit taller. [Naked Philly]
• Sbragadome: The Top Chef winner hosts his own culinary competitions before dinner service. [Philadelphia Daily News]

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• The Philadelphia Film Society launched a Kickstarter campaign to help renovate the former Roxy movie theater into an art house and festival venue. [Rittenhouse Row]
• The Rittenhouse Square Flower Market announces its corporate sponsors for 2013 in advance of their May events. [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market]
• Dessert and team room La Petite Dauphine on Walnut Street has closed. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
• Springboard Media consolidates its Apple technology showroom in Midtown Village, closing its Walnut Street location. [Technically Philly]
• Philly’s rooftop bars include Rittenhouse destinations Vango and Continental Midtown. [GPTMC]

• Steve’s Prince of Steaks takes over the old Krispy Kreme space across from the Shops at Liberty. [Philadelphia Real Estate Blog]
• Rittenhouse 1715 teaches the Washington Post about how to handle a hotel guest’s concerns. [Washington Post]
• Allen Edmonds continues luxury retail’s renaissance on Chestnut Street. [Philadelphia Business Journal]
• The most expensive condo for rent on Rittenhouse Square. [Philadelphia Magazine]
• Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square vs. New York’s Union Square: FIGHT! [City Data]

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