Permits have been issued for the construction of a three-story, four-unit multi-family residential building at 336 North 52nd Street in Haddington, West Philadelphia. The new development will replace a vacant lot situated on the west side of the block between Haverford Avenue and Parrish Street. Designed by Designblendz, the attached structure will span 4,756 square feet and will feature a full basement. Permits list AIMES LLC as the contractor.
The construction cost is listed at $275,000, which translates to an average construction cost of around $58 per interior square foot. This total allocates $250,000 for general construction work and $25,000 for excavation work.
338 North 52nd Street. Building elevation. Credit: Designblendz via the City of Philadelphia
338 North 52nd Street. Building elevation. Credit: Designblendz via the City of Philadelphia
The project parcel spans approximately 20 feet wide and 69 feet long, and will include a nine-foot-deep rear yard. The proposed rowhouse will rise 36 feet to the main roof and 38-and-a-half-feet to the top of the parapet. The ground level will be elevated five feet above the sidewalk level, and floor-to-floor heights will measure ten feet.
A covered front porch and a mansard roof with a dormer, wrought in an adaptation of the Second Empire style made most famous in Philadelphia by its fantasmogorical City Hall, adds quaint charm to the design. Surprisingly, and rather unfortunately, no roof deck is included in the proposal.
The route 52 bus stops across from the proposed building, and the route 30 bus stops down the block to the south at Haverford Avenue; the avenue serves as the local commercial thoroughfare. The 52nd Street station on the Market-Frankford subway line is situated within a ten-minute walk to the south, and University City proper may be reached within an approximately 30-minute walk or ten-minute bike ride to the east. Expansive Fairmount Park lies within a roughly 35-minite walk to the northeast.
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When I got to the word “fantasmogorical”, I knew Vitali was the author. Well done.
Thanks! I realized, for the first time in my life, that I’ve never thought about this particular spelling, and I agonized for an unreasonably long time whether the word should start with an “f” or with a “ph” (I had to look it up, and apparently both are correct or something; one one hand, there’s “phantom,” but then again there’s “fantasy,” so both versions sounded right).
I thought the spelling was some sort of inside joke, but not the “f” versus a “ph” variant. What caught my eye was an “o” instead of an “a,” and I guessed that “fantasmOGORical” might be an invented OGORodnikoval phreestyle adjective.
The drawings labeled “338 North 52nd Street” depict the design for 336 North 52nd. 338 will be the mirrored twin to 336.
With no roof decks, there’s no need for any pilot houses. But a pilot house wrapped with a mansard roof could blend well with the Second Empire styling. (I’m thinking of some Philly design phlexibility and phrivolity.)