Construction Permits Issued for Single-Family Rowhouse at 2407 East Dauphin Street in Fishtown

Construction permits have been issued for a three-story single-family dwelling at 2407 East Dauphin Street in Fishtown. The new structure will replace a two-story rowhouse situated on the northeast side of the block between Cedar and Gaul streets. The new building will offer 2,383 square feet of interior space, a basement, and a roof deck. The project team consists of David P. McArthur as the architect, and A&V Construction as the contractor.

Permits list development construction costs of $200,000, or approximately $84 per proposed interior square foot. The total includes $149,000 for general construction work, $8,000 for electrical work, $7,000 for mechanical work, $16,000 for plumbing work, and $20,000 for excavation work.

2407 East Dauphin Street, Philadelphia. Project map. Credit: David P. McArthur via a zoning permit submitted to the City of Philadelphia.

2407 East Dauphin Street, Philadelphia. Proposed site plan. Credit: David P. McArthur via a zoning permit submitted to the City of Philadelphia.

2407 East Dauphin Street, Philadelphia. Proposed floor plans. Credit: David P. McArthur via a zoning permit submitted to the City of Philadelphia.

The new building will rise as a sister project to 2405 East Dauphin Street, a nearly identical residence recently constructed next door to the northwest by the same team. Like its counterpart, the proposal at 2407 Dauphin replaces a two-story rowhouse rowhouse that was deeply set back from the sidewalk and clad in horizontal siding at the street-facing facade; the now-demolished building at 2407 Dauphin featured a covered porch and stucco facing at the side elevation.

Replacement of one single-family dwelling with another is a net positive, if barely so, for the neighborhood, as it upgrades the quality of existing housing stock and expands the structure’s size, though, regrettably, in this instance, the effort and expense put into demolition and ground-up construction yields no net gain in total housing units. Thankfully, the block has seen a dramatic overall increase in new housing stock over the course of the past two decades, where several new residential buildings replace both preceding buildings and ext4ensive vacant space, in response to the neighborhood’s increasing residential desirability.

2407 East Dauphin Street, Philadelphia. Site conditions prior to redevelopment. Looking north. September 2018. Credit: Google Street View via Google Maps.

2407 East Dauphin Street, Philadelphia. Site conditions prior to redevelopment. Looking north. March 2023. Credit: Google Street View via Google Maps.

The new structure will feature a basement, which floor plans designate as rec room space, and a roof deck, accessible via a pilot house, which promises to yield a decent view of the city skyline.

Route 25 and 89 buses service the surrounding area. Konrad Square, a compact yet quaint green space, sits within a four-minute walk two blocks to the northwest. In the other direction, a retail district (car-centric and suburban-styled, in contrast to the aforementioned urbane square) extends along Aramingo Avenue, anchored by the Fishtown Crossing shopping mall, within an eight-minute walk to the southeast.

2407 East Dauphin Street, Philadelphia. Project zoning table. Credit: David P. McArthur via a zoning permit submitted to the City of Philadelphia.

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