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TheNightmareOfHair t1_j6tt906 wrote

I mean, if you can ever find the place...

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ColdJay64 OP t1_j6tak7e wrote

"Fairmount Manor, a collection of ten 3-story, garden style apartment buildings totaling 110 units occupied the site back when we initially told you about this project. Fairmount Manor was built in the early 1970’s as an urban renewal project. When it was originally built, it replaced multiple dense, traditionally urban blocks consisting of approximately 110 buildings."

Nice to see them replacing these terrible, low-density "urban renewal" projects.

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leithal70 t1_j6tox02 wrote

110 units to 404 units, that’s good stuff

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jackxaniels t1_j6uaa8c wrote

Why is it that Northern Liberties seems to be doing so much more high density development compared to the rest of the city? More favorable zoning laws? Because that neighborhood is really coming out ahead with all this and I don’t understand why more neighborhoods aren’t following their lead

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skirmisher24 t1_j6uhoni wrote

I think it is a few things. The El is right there on Spring Garden. There are huge tracts of land that either are vacant or just under utilized along Spring Garden. You are right about favorable zoning laws, most of that area is CMX-2, CMX-3 with some ICMX/IRMX scattered about which is very favorable to these big developments. It's just right outside Center City so you can even easily walk to Old City and Center City and the like. The whole East Spring Garden Corridor is gonna explode.

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dotcom-jillionaire t1_j6wv0to wrote

pretty much, spring garden and points south were traditionally a dead zone. still is in many places

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PurpleWhiteOut t1_j6upjqx wrote

You're right about zoning. You can see the city zoning map at Atlas.phila.gov. Click on any property, then go to the zoning tab, and.itll overlay on the map. Tons of neighborhoods are zoned for single family rowhomes ONLY, meaning not even duplexes are allowed. Many places lack zoning that allows for commercial corridors as well (CMX zoning)

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pretzel_enjoyer t1_j6tk482 wrote

Anyone know if it's all market rate/for sale, or if there's a mix of rentals in there?

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templekev t1_j6vfr8w wrote

I’m a big fan of the project, not crazy about the architectural style tho.

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renderapps t1_j6uuybw wrote

there are actually only 403 habitable units.

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cielorossa t1_j6utw4j wrote

This is not considered Northern Liberties. Either way, it looks cool.

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cielorossa t1_j6wxi5j wrote

This is very cool. Thank you! Honestly, most of new neighbors don't interact much, if at all, with the old time neighbors.

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