Center City West. Looking north. Credit: Google Maps

YIMBY Observes the Rise of Center City West

Center City West is a section of Center City located roughly between 21st, Chestnut, and Arch streets and the Schuylkill River. For decades, the neighborhood was comprised primarily of parking lots, yet in recent years the area has been on the rise with a large number of projects that have recently been completed, underway, and proposed. The largest developments that have originally been completed in the neighborhood are the PECO Building, completed in 1970, and the Aramark Headquarters which renovated the structure of an existing building at 2400 Market Street in 2019. With Aramark relocating its headquarters to the neighborhood, the company saw the potential of the area’s growth. 2222 Market Street, the first development of the new construction wave was revealed in 2019, and is currently underway.

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231 West Johnson Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. May 2022

Construction Underway at 231 West Johnson Street in Morton, Northwest Philadelphia

A recent site visit by Philly YIMBY has revealed that construction is underway at a five-story, 32-unit multi-family structure at 231 West Johnson Street in Morton, Northwest Philadelphia. The 35,519-square-foot structure will hold 32 residential units and 19 parking spaces. Permits list Scott Woodruff as the architect and Venco Builders Inc. as the contractor. Construction costs are specified at $4.97 million.

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Model of Liberty Place. Photo by The Philadelphia Inquirer

YIMBY Shares Detailed Models Of The 1985 Liberty Place Iteration In Center City

The Liberty Place complex, which consists of One Liberty Place and Two Liberty Place are located at 1650 Market Street and 50 South 16th Street in Center City, has anchored the Philadelphia skyline ever since it was completed in 1990. However, at one point, the final form of the buildings was meant to look very different. The groundbreaking project was designed by Helmut Jahn of Murphy/Jahn (now known as Jahn/), who had hand-drawn a massive quantity of possibilities for the city block. The project was developed by Rouse and Associates, as Willard G. Rouse, who was adamant about raising the skyline above Philadelphia City Hall as he believed that William Penn himself would appreciate the city’s progress. In this feature, Philadelphia YIMBY shares our latest skyline massings of a heavily detailed model of the 1985 iteration of Liberty Place.

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Construction Underway at 6311-17 Germantown Avenue in Morton, Northwest Philadelphia

A recent site visit by Philly YIMBY has revealed that construction is underway at a four-story, 60-unit mixed use building at 6311-17 Germantown Avenue in MortonNorthwest Philadelphia. The development is situated on the east side of the block between East Washington Lane and East Duval Street. The building will span 51,592 square feet and feature commercial space on the ground floor, elevator service, a green roof that will span at least 60 percent of the rooftop, 20 bicycle spaces, and full sprinkling. Permits list Knight Rider Construction as the contractor and a construction cost of $5.29 million.

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