A recent site visit by Philadelphia YIMBY shows significant construction progress at Broad and Noble, a 19-story, 344-unit complex underway at 435-43 North Broad Street in Callowhill, Lower North Philadelphia, since our last visit in April. The project derives its name from its location at the northeast corner of Broad and Noble streets. Designed by Barton Partners and developed by Toll Brothers, with Clemens Construction Company as the contractor, the building has risen nearly to its full height of 231 feet, with fireproofing and interior partition work currently in progress. Upon completion, the project will span 371,302 square feet and will feature retail and underground parking. Permits list a construction cost of $70 million.
435-43 North Broad Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. May 2023
435-43 North Broad Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. May 2023
Despite its bulk and substantial girth, the structure does not read as a bulky monolith. The L-shaped massing breaks down its mass into two distinct smaller forms, further softened and made formally interesting via rooftop setbacks.
Like a tartan fabric, an interwoven grid of red and gray adds visual interest to the expansive facade while the red ties it in aesthetically with the surrounding prewar factory lofts.
The single-story retail section facing Broad Street creates a welcoming pedestrian scale, while the high-rise portion of the building recedes beyond.
435-43 North Broad Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. May 2023
435-43 North Broad Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. May 2023
435-43 North Broad Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. May 2023
Rendering of Broad and Noble from the Street via Barton Partners.
Elevation renderings of the tower via Barton Partners.
Broad and Noble street rendering via Barton Partners.
Elevation renderings of the Broad and Noble via Barton Partners.
Massing diagrams for Broad and Noble via Barton Partners.
Broad and Noble by Barton Group
For an unduly long time, the lower section of North Broad Street, which stretches from Center City to the south to Temple University to the north, has remained vastly underutilized, an especially unfortunate state for what should have been, and once indeed was, one of the city’s premier thoroughfares. At the moment, however, several large developments, which include Broad and Noble, are finally restoring the section of the street to the status it deserves within Philadelphia’s urban fabric.
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Flat, cheap, plain, and boring. I hate this so much. Philly development is down the drain just like the city.
The city is hardly down the drain… Dramatic much.
My only complaint – I wish the rooftop of the smaller two story building was a roof tenants could have taken advantage. Access bridge to a trellised/green plants/seating area. Much nicer to look down on then a tar roof
It really seemed in the renderings like this would be clad in brick, but now it looks like orange paneling? Or is the facade not finished. Otherwise that’s an awful bait and switch.
It’s Toll Brothers, so definitely a bait and switch. At least it isn’t an empty hole like their other project in the city.
It’s brick veneer. In person it doesn’t look as bad, but certainly not stately like their rendering implies.
Another luxury apt.We are so much beginning to look like New York.The low income and middle class are being pushed right out of the city.Forget the really low income and seniors.They are never even considered when these places are on the table.And the really wealthy don’t pay real estate taxes for FIVE-TEN Y E A R S.?!!!!!?