Construction is anticipated for an 46-unit residential development at 207-11 Vine Street in the Old City section of Center City. Designed by CANNOdesign, the project will consist of a six-story building at 211 Vine Street, which will span 61,694 square feet, two new townhouses at 207A and 207B and 209 Vine Street, and a multi-family renovation of a historic prewar house at 209 Vine Street. The development will also include parking for 18 vehicles. Although permits have been filed last year, Philadelphia YIMBY’s recent site visit revealed that construction work has not yet started at the site.
207-11 Vine Street. Credit: Google
207-11 Vine Street. Looking north. Credit: Google
The complex will rise in the northern section of Old City, just to to the south of the Vine Street Expressway. The buildings are sensibly scaled in a manner deferential to the neighborhood, matching both low- and mid-rise structures that stand in the vicinity. The building will greet the quaint Vine Street to the south with a contextual brick facade, and face the Expressway-adjacent Wood Street with plainer metal cladding.
207-11 Vine Street. Credit: CANNOdesign
207-11 Vine Street. Credit: CANNOdesign
207A and 207B Vine Street. Credit: CANNOdesign
The development will replace a pair of three-story rowhouses. Although both apparently date to the prewar period, neither one appears architecturally nor historically distinguished, featuring minimal ornamentation or other preservation-worthy qualities. Thankfully, the most attractive building at the site, a Colonial-styled rowhouse, will be preserved and incorporated into the complex.
207-11 Vine Street. Credit: CANNOdesign
207-11 Vine Street. Credit: CANNOdesign
207-11 Vine Street. Photo by Jamie Meller
207-11 Vine Street. Photo by Jamie Meller
207-11 Vine Street. Photo by Jamie Meller
207-11 Vine Street. Photo by Jamie Meller
207-11 Vine Street. Photo by Jamie Meller
The proposal is a great fit for the neighborhood, as it will add density, improve the streetwall, and introduce context-appropriate aesthetics to the site. We hope to see progress at the development in the near future.
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Will they start construction if they have already received permits?
Probably not. There was a rush to file permits last year to preserve the 10 year tax abatement.