PHILADELPHIA | Wanamaker Plaza | 214 FT | 14 FLOORS
Phase 1 of the Wanamaker Plaza redevelopment by the Goldenberg Group at the old John Wanamaker High School site next to Temple University has begun.
Phase 1 includes a 14 floor 214 foot residential tower aimed at students designed by Wallace, Roberts and Todd. Future phases may include more towers as well as a community center for local residents. Title: Wanamaker Plaza North Tower Project: 600 student beds in 180 units Architect: Wallace, Roberts & Todd Developer: The Goldenberg Group Location: 1100 W. Montgomery Ave., Philadelphia, PA Neighborhood: Templetown District: North Philadelphia Floors: 14 Height: 214 ft http://www.wrtdesign.com/files/large/2350 Link to Renders http://www.wrtdesign.com/projects/de...velopment-/205 Cost estimates put this project at $150mill http://dodgeprojects.construction.co...VVviewprod.htm |
Old John Wanamaker Middle School being demoed a few months ago
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6059/6...132d80ed96.jpg Site prep after the demo http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/...3/IMG_3099.jpg |
Work then halted for a few months. Original designs called for a reuse of the existing building. However, the building was deemed unfit and was demolished. New renders were released and work has begun again on the site.
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The old school had some nice mosaic murals facing Cecil B. Moore Ave. Oh well.
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What I heard is that Wanamaker was always a "sick" building. It was a handsome structure--an exemplar of Midcentury vernacular--but there was a reason it was closed a mere 30-some-odd years after it was built.
Oh well--the original site plan was IMO superior to whatever produces that Corbusierian panelák. http://www.wrtdesign.com/files/large/879 Source |
Interesting, though I think it'd look even better if the one wing was stacked atop the other.
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Work is full steam ahead
Updates from today 10/10/2012 http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...96279260_n.jpg http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...62124796_n.jpg |
I swung by there the other day. If I'm not misreading the construction, the first phase will run along the 12th St. side of the site all the way from Cecil B. Moore to Montgomery.
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I probably misread it. I had initially read the shallow hole as the building core, but work is definitely clustered along Montgomery.
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i think that 214 ft number must be off. this is a 14 story bldg. maybe the roof is 214 ft abve datum. but unlikely from street level.
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But I think that worker is wrong. How could a 14-story student residential building be 214 feet? That's basically 15 feet per floor. |
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:cool: <--- I got sunglasses. Not because the tower is cool like fonzi, it's just so BRIGHT.
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According to Wallace, Roberts & Todd's website, groundbreaking for this is next Monday.
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The new render actually shows a modest improvement...Annoying that WRT removed the old ones from its site...
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