Permits Issued for Single-Family Residence at 2534 Cecil B Moore Avenue in Brewerytown, North Philadelphia

Permits have been issued for a three-story single-family residence to be constructed at 2534 Cecil B. Moore Avenue in Brewerytown, North Philadelphia. The new rowhouse will take place of a presently vacant parcel situated on the south side of the block between North 25th and North 26th streets. Designed by Moto Designshop, the development will span 1,364 square feet and will include a basement. The project team includes PHA C Workforce Housing, the Civetta Property Group as the owner, and Spruce Builders as the contractor.

Construction costs are listed at $129,050, which equates to roughly $95 per interior square foot. This total is broken down into $94,050 allocated for general construction work, $6,500 for electrical work, $7,500 for mechanical work, and $21,000 for plumbing work.

2534 Cecil B. Moore Avenue. Site map. Credit: Moto Designshop via the City of Philadelphia

2534 Cecil B. Moore Avenue. Site plan. Credit: Moto Designshop via the City of Philadelphia

2534 Cecil B. Moore Avenue. Building elevation. Credit: Moto Designshop via the City of Philadelphia

The proposal at 2534 Cecil B. Moore Avenue comprises a sister project to 2514 Cecil B. Moore Avenue, a nearly identical development concurrently planned several properties down the block to the east and developed by the same project team; YIMBY covered the project yesterday. Similar to the previously covered proposal, the planned development at number 2534 will feature a masonry facade clad in running and stack brick courses, though the design at house number 2534 will be a flipped mirror image of its counterpart at 2514. Both will register a roof height of 33 feet and a parapet height of 35 feet (according to the plans, the listed height difference boils down to a mere one-quarter of an inch, with the height “advantage” in favor of number 2514), a ground-floor above-sidewalk elevation of three feet (two inches lower at number 2534), and floor-to-floor slab heights approaching ten feet.

The property at 2534 Cecil B. is ever-so-slightly smaller than that of its counterpart at house number 2514, measuring two feet shorter and half a foot narrower than that of its counterpart. The length difference will affect the courtyard, which will shrink down to 33 feet in depth, while the building’s 70-foot length will remain constant. Like at the sister property, the rear yard will be, curiously, enclosed by a privacy fence extending only 12 feet deep, and the structure will also, lamentably, lack a roof deck.

2534 Cecil B. Moore Avenue. Site map. Credit: Moto Designshop via the City of Philadelphia

2534 Cecil B. Moore Avenue. Site conditions prior to redevelopment, with the Wayland Temple Baptist Church at 2500 Cecil B. Moore Avenue in the center left. Credit: Moto Designshop via the City of Philadelphia

The two proposed houses will positively contribute to a generally well-preserved prewar block, which is lined with rowhouses and is distinguished by the magnificent Wayland Temple Baptist Church at 2500 Cecil B. Moore Avenue, wrought in 1888 in a dramatic Romanesque Revival style and clad in rusticated gray stone. Several years ago, the block saw the construction of three three- to four-story apartment buildings at 2524, 2526, and 2552 Cecil B. Moore Avenue, the first of its kind in the postwar era, and renovations took place at a number of existing prewar rowhouses along the stretch.

The area is serviced by the route 3 bus, which runs along Cecil B. Moore Avenue, , as well as the route 61 bus, which traverses nearby Ridge Avenue. Martin Luther King Recreation Center and Athletic Square Park sit within a short walk to the east and south, respectively, and Fairmount Park is situated within a roughly 14-minute walk to the west. Temple University, as well as the Cecil B. Moore station on the Broad Street subway line, may be reached via a 20- to 25-minute walk, or an eight-minute bike ride, to the east.

2534 Cecil B. Moore Avenue. Zoning table. Credit: Moto Designshop via the City of Philadelphia

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