A number of towers have risen recently in University City, including the recently completed Chestnut at 3720 Chestnut Street. At 344 feet and 29 stories in height, the building ranks at number 20 on Philly YIMBY’s December 2020 Development Countdown. Designed by SITIO Architecture + Urbanism and developed by EPG Urban Multifamily, the structure brings 420 units to the rapidly growing area, offering studios and apartments for students of the many nearby universities and colleges as well as for the general public. Cladding reached the top at the end of 2019, and Philly YIMBY’s August update showed it was stated that construction fences still lingered near the top of the building and cladding was almost finished. Since then construction has wrapped completely.
The tower replaces a single-story building and takes up a narrow lot, from which it rises into an L shape. The building is surrounded by smaller structures that stand under ten stories.
The Chestnut from the Schuylkill River Trail. Photo by Thomas Koloski
The Chestnut from South Street Bridge. Photo by Thomas Koloski
The Chestnut from Girard Point Bridge. Photo by Thomas Koloski
The Chestnut stands above all of the buildings within a five-block radius, other than the 278-foot-tall tower at 3737 Chestnut Street to the north. The building isn’t visible from most areas of the city from the ground level, other than when looking straight toward the west on South Street Bridge and from the Schuylkill River Trail.
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Can this be seen from the Market Frankford El?