Permits Issued for 2203 North 8th Street Near Temple University in North Philadelphia East

Permits have been issued for the construction of a three-story, three-unit rowhouse at 2203 North 8th Street near Temple University in North Philadelphia East. The building will rise from a vacant lot situated on the east side of the block between West Susquehanna Avenue and West Dauphin Street. Designed by Anthony Maso Architecture & Design, the structure will span 3,216 square feet and include a basement and a roof deck. Permits list Unitedpaintgroup LLC as the contractor.

Construction costs are specified at $330,500, lending an average construction cost of around $103 per interior square foot. Permits allocate $325,500 toward general construction and $5,000 for excavation work.

2203 North 8th Street. Location map. Credit: Google Maps

2203 North 8th Street. Site conditions prior to redevelopment. Looking northeast. April 2023. Credit: Google Street View

2203 North 8th Street. Building elevations. Credit: Anthony Maso Architecture & Design via the Department of Planning and Development of the City of Philadelphia

2203 North 8th Street. Site plan. Credit: Anthony Maso Architecture & Design via the Department of Planning and Development of the City of Philadelphia

2203 North 8th Street. Building section. Credit: Anthony Maso Architecture & Design via the Department of Planning and Development of the City of Philadelphia

2203 North 8th Street will be one of the first new residential buildings to rise on the 2200 block of North 8th Street since the postwar era, after a prolonged period of depopulation and demolitions resulted in a loss of around half of the block’s original prewar rowhouse stock. The structure is one of many that are currently reviving the long-neglected blue-collar neighborhood back to its original density in a construction boom largely driven by Temple’s ever-growing demand for off-campus student housing (the university campus sits within a roughly six-minute walk to the southwest). The architect behind the project, Anthony Maso, is a prolific figure in redevelopment of the surrounding area.

The Temple University regional rail station sits within a ten-minute walk to the southwest and Susquehanna-Dauphin station of the Market-Frankford Line sits within a 15-minute walk to the west, both of which offer a short commute to Center City and University City.

2203 North 8th Street. Zoning table. Credit: Anthony Maso Architecture & Design via the Department of Planning and Development of the City of Philadelphia

2203 North 8th Street. Section detail. Credit: Anthony Maso Architecture & Design via the Department of Planning and Development of the City of Philadelphia

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