Just two blocks from the South Gateway project that we mentioned last week, developer Tejas Properties 2 LLC is proposing a much smaller residence for Temple students. On a block with several properties with similar density, these developers intend to construct a four-story, seventeen unit building at 1431 N 15th St., on a currently empty lot.

The lot

Looking down 15th St.

What we don’t know at this time is what this new building will look like. Will it take on the look of most of the (generally unexciting) new construction in the area? Will it take on a more contemporary look, like the Modules at Templetown, the ISA-designed student housing down the street? Or will it take its cues from any of the numerous older…

As part of the Temple 20/20 plan, the university will open its brand new South Gateway living quarters this Fall. The new state-of-the-art $147.4M residence hall will offer more than 1,000 beds and a dining hall with outdoor seating serving staple Philly items such as cheese steaks and soft pretzels. Each “suite” offers two bedrooms, two full bathrooms and a kitchenette (ah, what happened to the days of communal bathrooms and cooking Ramen in an old microwave under the bed?). The multi-million-dollar new residence hall complex, slated to be finished for Fall 2012, will be the tallest building in North Philadelphia and will have ground-floor food vendors similar to those at Reading Terminal Market.

In addition to building up the Broad Street corridor, adding shopping spaces and updating living quarters, Temple 20/20 will create lots of green spaces that are connected via an engaging pedestrian circulation system. Temple…