Permits Issued for Construction of Single-Family Rowhouse at 1723 Ingersoll Street in Cecil B. Moore, North Philadelphia

Construction permits have been issued for a three-story single-family dwelling at 1723 Ingersoll Street in the Cecil B. Moore neighborhood of North Philadelphia. The development will rise upon a presently vacant property situated at the northern side of the block between North 17th and North 18th streets. The structure will span 2,726 interior square feet and will offer a basement and a roof deck. The project team includes Plato Studio as the architect and Gilad Bergerin as the contractor.

Permits specify construction costs for the attached rowhouse project are specified at $170,500, which translates to around $63 per proposed interior square foot. The total assigns $150,000 for general construction work, $6,000 for electrical work, $6,500 for mechanical work, and $8,000 for plumbing work.

1723 Ingersoll Street. Site map. Credit: Plato Studio via the Planning Department of the City of Philadelphia

1723 Ingersoll Street. Site plan. Credit: Plato Studio via the Planning Department of the City of Philadelphia

1723 Ingersoll Street. Building section. Credit: Plato Studio via the Planning Department of the City of Philadelphia

1723 Ingersoll Street. Site conditions prior to redevelopment. Credit: Plato Studio via the Planning Department of the City of Philadelphia

The future building will measure 14 feet wide and 47 feet long, with a nearly 16-foot-long yard extending to the mid-block rear alley. The structure will rise 36-and-a-half feet to the main roof, which will hold the roof deck, and nearly 45 feet to the top of the roof access pilot house. Floor-to-floor slab heights will measure 11 feet at the ground floor, ten feet at the upper stories, and nine-ajnd-a-half feet in the basement.

The proposal at 1723 Ingersoll Street is the latest addition to a neighborhood that had witnessed a dramatic transformation over the past few years. As recently as 2011, the most of the lots on the block had sat nearly vacant, with the once-vibrant residential street reduced to just a handful of extant prewar rowhouses by a devastating period of depopulation and subsequent demolitions that much of North Philly witnessed during the postwar years. Portions of the narrow street were reduced to a veritable urban jungle, with sidewalks overgrown to a point of unusability and lush vegetation intruding into the roadway.

Ingersoll Street. Looking west. August 2011. Credit: Google Street View via Google Maps

Ingersoll Street. Looking west. April 2025. Credit: Google Street View via Google Maps

In the 15 years since, the neighborhood had witnessed a dramatic turnaround, with so many new residential buildings constructed along the block that very few sites still remain available for ground-up construction (incidentally, two such properties are situated on either side of 1723 Ingersoll).

This revival happened not only due to nationwide trends such as a general resurgence of dense urban centers, but also to the particulars of the location at hand, such as ten- to 15-minutee walking proximity to the Broad-Girard station on the Broad Street subway line, Temple University, and Girard College. Center City (if using Vine Street as its traditional northern boundary) may be reached via a 30-minute walk or a ten-minute car or bike ride to the south.

1723 Ingersoll Street. Zoning map. Credit: Plato Studio via the Planning Department of the City of Philadelphia

1723 Ingersoll Street. Zoning table. Credit: Plato Studio via the Planning Department of the City of Philadelphia

1723 Ingersoll Street. Deed. Credit: Plato Studio via the Planning Department of the City of Philadelphia

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