Façade installation work is making steady progress at Southbridge Condos at 701 South 19th Street in Graduate Hospital, South Philadelphia. Developed by Zatos Investments, the project which will entail six residential units within the four-story building.
Permits have been issued for a two-unit mixed-use building at 2701 Ellsworth Street in Grays Ferry, South Philadelphia. Designed by Gnome Architects, the development will rise four stories tall and will hold a commercial space on…
Philadelphia features numerous old structures with interesting styles of architecture. One of the city’s oldest tall structures is the Sparks Shot Tower, which started construction in 1807 and was completed on July 4, 1808 at 129-131 Carpenter Street in the neighborhood now known as Queen Village in South Philadelphia. The facility, which predates the Civil War by almost 60 years, was designed by Thomas Sparks and John Bishop, who originated the idea for shot towers. The 143-foot-tall structure, which forms a brick-clad cylinder that tapers to the top, still stands to this day.
Permits have been issued for the construction of five rowhouses on the 2200 block of Wilder Street in Point Breeze, South Philadelphia. Each home will stand two stories tall, with approximately 1,050 square feet of space….
Over the course of the past few years, the Live! Casino and Hotel rose to become a welcome addition to the nearby stadiums in the Sports Complex District in South Philadelphia. The structure, located at 900 Packer Avenue, just to the north of Citizens Bank Park, holds over 1.5 million square feet of space, more than the 1.4-million-square-foot Rivers Casino in North Philadelphia. Designed by Bower Lewis Thower Architects and developed by The Cordish Company and Greenwood Racing and Entertainment, the casino stands three stories tall, with the hotel rising 215 feet and 14 stories high.
