Permits have been issued for the construction of two three-story, three-unit residential buildings at 2630 and 2632 North 11th Street in Glenwood, North Philadelphia. The structures will rise in place of a vacant lot located on the west side of the block between West Huntingdon and West Oakdale streets. Each structure will span a 1,120-square-foot ground footprint; the building at number 2630 will hold 3,113 square feet of interior space, while its counterpart at number 2632 will feature 2,274 square feet of interior space. Each will offer a roof deck and full sprinkling.
Permits list 2630 and 2632 N 11th St LLC as the owners for their respective sites, and Christopher Menna as the design professional and JPL Construction Inc. as the contractor. The total construction cost of $500,000 allocates $350,000 to general construction and $50,000 apiece for electrical, mechanical, and plumbing work.
2630 and 2632 North 11th Street. Credit: Google Maps
The filings represent the latest stage of the block’s ongoing, years-long revival. Just like the rest of North Philadelphia East and North Central Philadelphia in general, Glenwood came under particular duress during the postwar period of depopulation and demolitions that swept across the city. The block has lost a notable amount of its prewar housing stock, and many of the remaining buildings sat abandoned.
In recent years, the area’s fortunes have finally began to turn for the better. Three abandoned three-story rowhouses were demolished at 2629, 2630, and 2632 North 11th Street between 2009 and 2012. Between 2014 and 2018, a set of five adjacent, vacant three-story rowhouses at 2618 through 2626 North 11th Street, just to the south of the latest proposal site, was renovated into three-unit apartments. The planned buildings discussed in this article will further improve the block by filling in a sizable street wall gap.
2628, 2630, 2632 North 11th Street. September 2009. Looking west. Credit: Google Maps
North 11th Street, with 2630 and 2632 North 11th Street on the center right. September 2014. Looking northwest. Credit: Google Maps
North 11th Street, with 2630 and 2632 North 11th Street on the center right. September 2018. Looking northwest. Credit: Google Maps
The architect-contractor duo behind this project is notable for its ongoing forays into long-neglected districts across North Philadelphia East. The pair is behind a number of buildings covered in our Grandeur and Desolation feature as well as several others proposed in the vicinity since its original publication.
2630 and 2632 North 11th Street. Looking northwest. Credit: Google Maps
The block and its surrounding area hold much potential for further development, given its ample supply of development-ready sites, adjacency to the Germantown Avenue retail corridor, five-minute walking proximity to the North Philadelphia stations of the Broad Street Line and SEPTA Regional Rail (which allow for a rapid commute to Center City and elsewhere), and 15-minute walking distance to the Temple University campus to the south. As such, we expect to hear more development news to come from this neck of the woods in the near future.
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