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846 North 44th Street. Looking northwest. Credit: Google

Permits Issued for Three-Unit Building at 846 North 44th Street in Mill Creek, West Philadelphia

By Vitali Ogorodnikov

A permit has been issued for the construction of a three-story, three-unit building at 846 North 44th Street in Mill Creek, West Philadelphia. The structure will replace a vacant lot at the northwest corner of North 44th Street and Parrish Street. The filing lists Giller Realty LLC as the owner, Scott Woodruff as the architect and AIMES LLC is the contractor. Construction is expected to cost $136,424.

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Liberty Place unfinished design with the Philadelphia skyline, south elevation. Models and image by Thomas Koloski

Imagining the Philadelphia Skyline with the 1985 Iteration of Liberty Place

By Thomas Koloski

On April 5, 1984, Willard G. Rouse of Rouse and Associates announced the proposal of Liberty Place, a complex in Center City that would rise hundreds of feet above the informal height limit set by the 548-foot Philadelphia City Hall. By the next year, Helmut Jahn of Murphy/Jahn Architects finalized the design on One Liberty Place at 1650 Market Street as the design we see today, though Two Liberty Place, The Shops at Liberty Place, and the hotel all differed from their current versions. Today Philly YIMBY takes a closer look at this early iteration of the complex design.

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781 North Preston Street. Looking east. Credit: Google

Permits Issued for a Multi-Family Structure at 781 North Preston Street in Mantua, West Philadelphia

By Vitali Ogorodnikov

A zoning permit has been issued for the construction of a multi-family residential structure at 781 North Preston Street in Mantua, West Philadelphia. Located on the east side of the block between Aspen Street and Brown Street, the attached structure will span a 1,313-square-foot footprint and will include a roof deck. Blackrock Capital LLC is the listed owner.

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Philly YIMBY Reveals Massing Models for the Schuylkill Yards Supertall in University City, West Philadelphia

By Thomas Koloski

Ever since the master plan for Schuylkill Yards in University City was unveiled for the first time, it displayed a supertall skyscraper dominating the 14-acre site, a feature that persisted throughout all future iterations. Renderings show a glass-clad tower rising at 3101 Market Street, accented with bronze highlights that appear similar to those at 9 DeKalb and 111 West 57th Street in New York City, which are also designed by SHoP Architects, the group behind the Schuylkill Yards master plan. Brandywine Realty Trust, the project developer, is also responsible for projects such as the 350-foot-tall tower proposed at 2100 Market Street in Center City. As of the 2016 renderings, the supertall appears to rise around 1,100 feet high.

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