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Pat Olivieri's stand at Ninth and Passyunk began selling chopped beef on a roll in 1930, which is the origin story the cheesesteak is usually given. The corner now holds it and its rival Geno's on opposite sides of the street, both open around the clock.

Chef Joey Baldino reopens Bomb Bomb, a South Philly red-sauce bar dating to 1951, restoring it rather than gutting it.

The last structural beam went up on Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's 26-story inpatient tower in University City, 1.3 million square feet on Osler Circle with a private room for every patient. The $2.59 billion building opens in 2028.

The first large public piece of Amtrak's phased rebuild of the William H. Gray III 30th Street Station: a restored concourse of shops and restaurants beneath the 1933 building, part of a redevelopment of nearly 500,000 square feet running to 2028.

An 11.5-acre civic park on a deck over Interstate 95 and Columbus Boulevard, stitching Old City back to the Delaware River waterfront. PennDOT is building the $329 million cap underneath and the waterfront corporation the park on top of it.

A privately funded arena on the old Spectrum grounds in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, shared by the 76ers, the Flyers and the city's incoming WNBA team, replacing Xfinity Mobile Arena next door. Construction is expected to start in early 2027 and take about three years.