Philly YIMBY’s recent site visit has noted that construction work is complete at a nine-building multi-family development at 800-808 Callowhill Street in Callowhill, Lower North Philadelphia. The site is located between North 8th Street and North 9th Street in a predominantly industrial area. The project will consist of nine four-story structures with a total of 40 residential units. The development will provide 19 parking spaces for the residents, including one that will be ADA accessible. Permits list Carolina Pena as the listed design professional and specify Three R Construction LLC as the contractor.
800-08 Callowhill Street
800 Callowhill Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. June 2023
800 Callowhill Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. June 2023
800 Callowhill Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. June 2023
800 Callowhill Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. June 2023
800 Callowhill Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. June 2023
800 Callowhill Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. June 2023
Buildings in the utilitarian-looking complex are clad in unadorned cement blocks on the ground floor and light and dark gray panels above. Burgundy panels at the window spandrels add a touch of color and lend vertical definition to an otherwise squat composition, while gentle projections at the parapet lend distinction to individual rowhouse units.
The development is situated at the southwest corner of Callowhill and North 8th streets, half a block north of Vine Street (the traditional northern boundary of Center City) and two blocks to the northwest of Franklin Square Park. The development replaces a parking lot and several dilapidated single-story warehouse structures that were torn down around the mid-2010s. Both the lot and warehouses are characteristic of much of Callowhill’s current streetscape, as is the site’s redevelopment with dense residential construction.
The site could have clearly supported a larger building, one similar in scale to the numerous mid- and high-rise developments under construction and proposed throughout Callowhill and adjacent Northern Liberties to the east. However, even the present iteration offers a high degree of residential density clustered in classic Philadelphia rowhouse style, one in keeping with the vernacular of Old City, which stretches to the south on the opposite side of the Interstate 676.
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So is it multi-family or individual townhomes? This articles uses both terms….
Philadelphia…home of the horrible grey clad buildings
While this is a horrendous pile of garbage, this crap is unfortunately the norm in many major cities. I’ve seen similar projects in Austin, Charlotte, Dallas, Atlanta, Tampa, etc., except they are larger. At least this is small building.
Application do your take section8
HIDEOUS!