A recent site visit by Philly YIMBY has revealed that demolition of a three-story rowhouse has been completed at 1933 Nicholas Street in Cecil B. Moore, North Philadelphia. The vacant, 1,200-square-foot prewar building stood on the north side of the block between North 19th Street and North 20th Street. The demolition was carried out as part of the City of Philadelphia demolition program. Chen Liang Yan and Ding Anny are the listed owners and FH Demolition is the contractor. The cost of work was specified at $15,000. A three-story, two-family building is planned at the site.
1933 Nicholas Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. April 2022
1933 Nicholas Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. April 2022
The work is part of a dramatic transformation that the area has seen over the course of the past decade. The block at hand has seen a particularly drastic transition. Ten years ago, it housed an ensemble of traditional rowhouses, which stood in a rather dilapidated state. By 2020, many of the derelict structures were town down and the building at hand was one of the last remaining holdouts. As the building at 1933 Nicholas Street has also been leveled, the block has become nearly unrecognizable since its prior state, where a large number of new residential buildings have risen.
1933 Nicholas Street. Looking north. September 2011. Credit: Google
1933 Nicholas Street. Looking north. August 2019. Credit: Google
The site sits a short block south of Cecil B. Moore Avenue and within a ten-minute walk of the Temple University campus and the Cecil B. Moore station of the Broad Street Line.
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