Permits have been issued for the construction of a three-story single-family rowhouse at 2511 North Leithgow Street in West Kensington. The new building will be constructed upon a vacant lot sited on the east side of the block between West Cumberland Street and West Huntingdon Street. The structure will span 1,128 square feet and will include a cellar. Permits list Zito Cologero as the contractor.
Construction costs are specified at $247,000, of which $185,000 is allocated toward general construction, $20,000 for excavation work, $15,000 apiece for electrical and plumbing work, and $12,000 for mechanical work.
2511 North Leithgow Street. Site plan. Credit: Zoning permit via the City of Philadelphia
The attached structure will measure 13 feet wide and 31 feet deep, with a seven-foot-deep rear yard. The building will rise 30 feet high to the main roof and 33 feet to the top of the parapet. Floor-to-floor slab heights will measure nine-and-a-half feet on the ground floor and nine feet on the floors above.
2511 North Leithgow Street will be the first new building to be constructed since the end of World War II on a block that had been almost entirely leveled during the postwar period, with demolitions of two-story rowhouses that once lined its sidewalks taking place as recently as the early 2010s. The new proposal is a minor yet very promising sign of positive change that may finally be arriving on the block.
The route 39, 47, and 57 buses run in the vicinity of the development. Nelson Playground and block-sized Fairhill Square Park are situated within a two-block radius.
2511 North Leithgow Street. Zoning table. Credit: Zoning permit via the City of Philadelphia
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