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Urban development is a delicate balancing act, and sometimes we must say goodbye to cherished local destinations in order to make way for a plan that is ultimately more beneficial to the community and to the city at large. One of such trade-offs is slated to occur at 7619 Germantown Avenue in Mount Airy, Northwest Philadelphia, where the Trolley Car Diner is set to meet the wrecking ball, to be replaced by a six-story, mixed-use residential development designed by Morrissey Design. Although the charming chrome, neon, mural, and freestanding trolley of the diner will be missed, the proposal at hand makes for more effective use of the site, bringing significant residential density within a two0-block walk of the Mount Airy Station of the SEPTA Regional Rail and replacing the auto-centric restaurant with pedestrian-friendly retail.

A recent site visit by Philadelphia YIMBY has observed that construction work is nearing completion at a pair of three-story, two-unit mixed-use rowhouses at 1709 and 1711 Snyder Avenue in West Passyunk, South Philadelphia, which will offer a combined total of four residential units. The new buildings replace a pair of similarly-sized three-story rowhouses on the north side of the block between South 17th and South Colorado streets. Designed by KCA Design Associates, each building spans 3,380 square feet, of which around just under 1,000 square feet will consist of commercial space, and will feature a basement and a roof deck. Permits list LNHA New Homes as the contractor and specify a construction cost of $350,000 for each.