If you’ve been by the intersection of North Broad Street and Spring Garden Street recently, you’ve likely noticed the hulking building under construction at the northwest corner on the site of a former surface parking lot. Digging started on the 2-story deep foundation in September of 2020 and the structure started making its way out Read more about 410-Unit Project Rising on North Broad Street[…]
You may have noticed that the lowrise triangular building on the northwest corner of Ridge Ave. and Spring Garden St. is no longer a bank and has been sporting some cool art on its facade over the last year or so. When the signs for Citizens Bank were removed from the building shortly before the Read more about 46-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Planned at Ridge and Spring Garden[…]
The 2-story brick building at 1106-14 Spring Garden Street, known as the Lawsonia Building, was originally constructed around 1930 as the headquarters of a plumbing supply company and was later the home of the Lawsonia Manufacturing Company, a furniture manufacturer. The building has now been vacant for more than 15 years with multiple attempts at Read more about Demolition Planned. 52-Unit Plan Moving Forward on Spring Garden?[…]
Spring Garden St. on the east side of Broad St. has experienced a ton of development action over the last 5-10 years. New commercial spaces, offices, breweries, residential buildings and restaurants have sprung up along the corridor. The area between 9th St. and 11th St. and the stretch between 5th St. and the river have Read more about 146 Units + Retail to Replace Parking Lot at 8th & Spring Garden[…]
Back in the mid 60’s, a low-rise, suburban-style strip mall was created by the Redevelopment Authority through its East Poplar Urban Renewal Plan. The complex, which sits between 5th St., 6th St. and Spring Garden, was originally the home to the Fifth Street Wholesale Distribution Association. Over time, the structures morphed into a more traditional Read more about 12-Story, 382-Unit + Retail Project to Replace Strip Mall at 5th & Spring Garden[…]
It feels like we’re covering a large project proposal on North Broad St. once a week. The momentum continues to build. Elk Street Management is proposing a 9-story, 152,636 square foot building at 545 N. Broad St. The building will include 108 residential units and 11,130 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor. Read more about 108 Units + Retail Planned for North Broad[…]
We’ve told you that it is North Broad Street’s time to shine while covering the 290-unit tower proposal at Broad and Spring Garden, the recently-completed 41-unit Stable Lofts adaptive reuse project, the more than 500 units rising behind the Divine Lorraine, the 70-unit proposal just south of Girard, and the 225-unit proposal at Broad and Read more about 368-Unit Project Could Replace a Parking Lot on North Broad[…]
The area surrounding 13th St. and Ridge Ave. is quite odd. Vacant lots, parking lots and industrial buildings are situated to the north and west of the intersection. New construction, and stately old townhomes lay to the east. Past the parking lots and vacant parcels, development is everywhere. We recently told you about a 290-unit Read more about 38-Unit Building Rising at 13th and Ridge[…]
When Philadelphia really began to turn around in the 1990’s under then Mayor Ed Rendell, emphasis was put on South Broad Street. The thoroughfare was given the title “Avenue of the Arts” to spur cultural interest and development. The rest is history. South Broad St. and its surrounding neighborhoods have boomed over the last several Read more about 363 Foot, 290-Unit Tower Planned at Broad & Spring Garden[…]
Some people love movie stars. Others love musicians or athletes. We at PhilaRising love Frank Furness. Furness was a daring, unorthodox, Victorian-Gothic architect and Civil War veteran who was born in Philadelphia. Most of his work was built in our great city and the surrounding area. You may recognize some of his masterpieces from your Read more about Frank Furness Bank at 6th & Spring Garden to be a Nightclub Again?[…]