 |
Point BreezeThe other night, at the monthly South Philadelphia H.O.M.E.S. zoning meeting, developers presented a proposal for two duplexes at 1256-58 S. 20th St., the northwest corner of 20th & Wharton. Looking at the corner currently, you see a large vacant lot. This project will only fill about half of this lot, as the rest is owned by another developer.
The lot
At the meeting, a representative from KJO Architecture presented plans for two 3-story duplexes which would totally transform this corner. To give you an idea how, the corner currently has vacant lots on the northwest and southeast corners, a giant warehouse full of construction supplies on the southwest corner, and a corner store on the northeast corner.
Looking north, corner store is on the right and OCF Coffee House is just out of sight in the distance
Warehouse. Might someday make a nice apartment conversion...
The duplexes will have one bedroom units on their first floors and two-bedroom units on their upper floors. An odd topic that came up at the meeting was just how “high end” the construction would be. The architect expressed that the apartments would be “very nice” and not “super high end,” which seemed to satisfy some members of the community but not others. Is there any other neighborhood where residents would prefer something that’s less nice?
Looks pretty nice to us...
Seems to us that people would want new buildings in their neighborhood to be as nice as possible, no?
Plenty of Development on 17th Street in Point BreezeMay 22, 2013 |
6 |
Ongoing and Unfortunate Demolition at 3rd & ReedMay 22, 2013 |
9 |
Three New Homes Coming to Long Vacant Point Breeze LotMay 22, 2013 |
7 |
Fro-Yo and More on the Way for 20th and BrandywineMay 22, 2013 |
1 |
We've stripped-down everything about Philly, the funny neighborhood names, the confusing borders, the restaurant gossip and the hearsay about what is being built (or going bankrupt). We've defined neighborhood boundaries, networked with developers, hacked into city files (not really) and have no qualms about releasing this real estate information to you. Whether you are an out-of-towner or a local, we know you'll appreciate all the hard work that went into bringing you the real feeling of Philadelphia.
2054 South Street
BACK TO NEIGHBORHOOD
