2643 North 6th Street Elevation

Permits Issued for Three-Unit Residential Building at 2643 North 6th Street in North Philadelphia East

By YIMBY Team

Permits have been issued for the construction of a three-story residential building at 2643 North 6th Street in North Philadelphia East. The structure will rise on the west side of the block between West Lehigh Avenue and West Huntington Street, replacing a vacant lot with new housing. The development is planned as a triplex with three dwelling units, a basement, and a roof deck with a pilot house. GD Ludlow LLC is listed as the owner. Yona Construction LLC is the contractor, while JT Ran Expediting is responsible for the designs.

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University Place 5.0 Parking Garage at 17 North 41st Street. Project rendering. Credit: ISA via the Civic Design Review

An In-Depth Look at Parking Garage Planned at University Place 5 at 17 North 41st Street in West Powelton, West Philadelphia

By Vitali Ogorodnikov

Last week, YIMBY shared a proposal for a University Place 5.0, a five-and-a-half-tier, 495-car garage planned for construction at 17 North 41st Street in West Powelton, West Philadelphia. The structure will rise as part of a greater University Place complex, which has been under development over the course of the past several years. Developed by the University Place Associates and designed by ISA (Interface Studio Architects), with IMEG as the architect of record, the proposed building will span 165,950 square feet. According to the developer, the facility will both support the existing University Place campus as well as provide general public parking as well as neighborhood amenities that include a dog park and a community garden. Today we take a closer look at the project as it was recently presented submission to the Philadelphia City Planning Commission’s Civic Design Review committee.

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