A six-story, 102-unit residential building has been proposed for 7165 Keystone Street in the Tacony neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia. A Civic Design Review document submitted by Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture earlier this year reveals the details on the 115,252-square-foot structure, which will rise as an encore to the adjacent Keystone Lofts, sited in a two-story prewar industrial building. The property will feature an industrial space at the ground floor, studio to two-bedroom apartments on the floors above, and 35 parking spaces in the rear.
At the exterior, white metal panel bands will run along the floor slabs, accentuating the building’s stalwart horizontal bulk and sectioning off a façade consisting alternating black panels and white corrugated metal siding. The ground floor will feature floor-to-ceiling storefront windows with gray brick walls in between, illuminated at night with sconces.
7165 Keystone Street. Credit: Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture
7165 Keystone Street. Credit: Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture
7165 Keystone Street. Credit: Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture
7165 Keystone Street. Credit: Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture
The building will feature ten studios, 58 one-bedroom apartments, and 34 two-bedroom units. Amenities will include storage for 49 bikes, a fitness center for residents’ use, and two roof decks on the fifth floor. Green roofs will cover almost the entirety of roof space, whether at the second-story courtyard, the fifth floor setback, and at the roof above the sixth floor. Two elevators will service the structure. A number of units will feature street-facing balconies and small decks opening onto the green roof at the second-story courtyard.
7165 Keystone Street. Credit: Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture
7165 Keystone Street. Credit: Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture
7165 Keystone Street. Credit: Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture
7165 Keystone Street. Credit: Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture
7165 Keystone Street. Credit: Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture
Unlike many of the more centrally located parts of the city, Tacony remains largely untouched by the ongoing development boom. The structure’s scale makes its proposal all the more significant for the neighborhood, as a positive infusion of density to replace a large parking lot. The nearly 80-foot-tall building will be the neighborhood’s tallest and largest residential structure and one of the tallest developments of any kind, offering sweeping views of the skyline and the steel arch of the nearby Tacony-Palmyra Bridge from the floor-to-ceiling windows on the upper floors and from the roof decks.
The building’s combination of industrial space at the ground floor and residences above makes for an effective transition between the industrial district to the south and the residential neighborhood that extends to the north.
The Tacony station of the SEPTA regional rail, located several blocks to the southwest, provides a transit link to Center City and beyond. Nearby Disston and Russo parks offer ample outdoor recreation space.
7165 Keystone Street. Credit: Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture
7165 Keystone Street. Credit: Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture
7165 Keystone Street. Credit: Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture
7165 Keystone Street. Credit: Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture
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