. >> inside look for renovations for devine loraine hotel and what it means for north philadelphia. >> and i have more wet weather ahead for tonight and possibly into the morning rush. first alert forecast is straight ahead. >> a birthday surprise for a local rider marking a milestone at 6:00. >>> bringing back broad street, a philadelphia hotel abandon for a decade is making significant progress. tonight, nbc 10 has a sneak peek the devine loraine hotel as it gets set to revitalize north philadelphia. >> good evening. >> the devine loraine hotel is in the process of converting to upscale apartments. >> nbc 10 went inside today before tomorrow's open house, and neighbors say it's finally going to brighten up broad street. nbc 10's lauren mayk is live in north philadelphia. lauren? >> reporter: i'm at broad, and there is work underway. you can see new windows, those are the green ones there. i got a look at the project today and for what some hope will transform more than just the building. >> this is the al baster stair from over a hundred years ago. >> a long journey for the devine l

. >> and the devine loraine dates back to the late 1890s. father devine, the leader and head of the devine piece mission movement bought it in 1948 renaming it. and it was abandon for the past 15 years. that was until these new apartments come back to life again, the open house starts tomorrow at 3:00. >>> a septa bus driver hit and killed a bicyclist in the frankfurt section of philadelphia today. police say a man cut in front of the bus at lunchtime. no passengers were on board that bus. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> well, the weather includes damp and chilly temperatures, there's a little rain on the radar. we could see more rain again tomorrow. >> glen "hurricane" schwartz has the first alert forecast. >> we are seeing a little bit of improvement in parts of the area, other places are seeing a little of rain for the first time in philadelphia, we have partly sunny skies, a little sun getting through those clouds. we're seeing a couple little streaks of blue in the lehigh valley. the clouds, of course, kept the temperature d

. >> next, we go inside the historic devine loraine hotel as we look at soon how it will sparkle againeah, we have more dreary, wet weather ahead into tomorrow. possibly from the morning rush, but things will change. fracking what's ahead next in the neighborhood forecast. >>> a major transformation for phil's most historic crown jewels, once abandon, covered, and crumbling is getting a new life. >> lauren mayk got an exclusive look inside the renovations that will make this landmark livable again. >> reporter: if you're coming in here from north broad, this is what you're going to see. this is the original vestibule of the hotel. there's a lot of work being done here, but first of all, look up there. that is an original sky light, and that is going to be restored, so you will see light pouring down here. over here, that is going to be a restaurant. to your other side, there's a cafe. i'm told this is the kind of place that you want to live if you like noise and activity and having people around because that is the point of this building. we are headed now into the original lobby, and