Curbed Philadelphia reports that nearly 1,100 new homes, which would be a mix of apartments and rowhouses, are now slated for a currently vacant 30-acre site on the Delaware River. Project developers ISA Architects and Hickok Cole are calling the project a “hybrid community,” which includes 744 parking spots, a community center with an outdoor plaza, and a community pavilion. The planned infrastructure offers green space between the buildings, a pedestrian connection to trails on the water’s edge, and an access point to a public park.
“The project will create a new center of gravity to the DRWC plan at the north, encouraging linkages along the entire waterfront,” the plan said. The overall design acts as a nod to the rowhomes in the adjacent Fishtown and Old Richmond neighborhoods, but the site itself is, “disconnected,” from the fabric of those homes, the plans said.
At a CDR meeting Tuesday, the plan received largely favorable reviews, with Dan Garofalo praising its aesthetics and saying the site could end up becoming a new neighborhood, according to a report by PlanPhilly. It’s the latest—and arguably the largest—project to tap the northern banks of the Delaware River for residential development.
A little further south, multiple projects like the Views at Penn Treaty, a luxury development with 19 townhouses, and Pier 35 1/2, a 41-townhouse development have all moved forward in recent months. Just to the north, in Bridesburg, a DRWC plan for a 10-acre park recently received a grant.
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