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CONTEXT Where is West Poplar?

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40 Affordable Units (4 must be handicap-accessible)

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77 Framing Our Future

Recommendations

50. Install new neighborhood parks and recreation facilities in underserved areas.• Create playgrounds in the Callowhill-Chinatown North / Old City area to accommodate all ages

• Support creation of the Chinatown Community Center at 10th and Vine Streets

• Incorporate recreational facilities in development of parcels around Franklin Square

> Implementing Agencies: PPR, PCPC, PWD | CW Objectives: 6.3.1, 1.1.1

51. Upgrade distressed park and recreation facilities.• Rehabilitate Cianfrani Park with new sidewalks, benches, and stormwater management infrastructure

• Investigate service overlap at Tip Top playground and Northern Liberties park spaces, exploring the potential for transformation from active to passive uses

• Upgrade LOVE Park after rehabilitation of underground garage, including the renovation of the Visitors Center

• Upgrade sidewalks and lighting in Rittenhouse Square

> Implementing Agencies: PPR, DPP, PWD, PCPC | CW Objectives: 6.3.3, 1.1.1

52. Animate public spaces with programming and events.• Conduct overarching study of programming of public spaces in Central District

• Investigate the usage of Independence National Historic Park for addition programming

• Schedule programmed events to animate public spaces, such as City Hall courtyard, along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and neighborhood parks [see Focus Areas, p. 30]

> Implementing Agencies: MDO, PPR, INHP, MOACCE, nonprofits | CW Objectives: 6.3.3, 2.4.1

53. Rehabilitate the elevated portion of the Reading Viaduct into a neighborhood park. > Implementing Agencies: CCD, PPR | CW Objectives: 8.1.2, 6.1.2

Tip Top Playground

Cianfrani Park

Access to Public Open SpaceThe district as a whole is well served by public parks and recreation centers, however there are pockets, particularly at the southern corners of the district, along North Broad Street and in the Poplar and Callowhill neighborhoods, where the population is underserved. Although these areas are less populated as other neighborhoods, they are experiencing residential growth.

The accompanying map shows an analysis of the existing open space conditions. The swathes highlighted in red represent areas that require more than a 10-minute walk to publicly accessible open space and therefore are considered underserved.

The Callowhill - Chinatown North Strategic Plan proposes 21 acres of new open space that will put 90 percent of residences and businesses in the area within one-quarter mile of open space, versus 38 percent today.

Rendering of Chinatown North Community Park

MARKET FINDINGS Open Space Desert

Central District Plan, P. 77

West Poplar’s playground

MARKET FINDINGS Open Space Desert

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SITE PLAN Site Approach Diagram

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SITE PLAN Chosen Development and Rehabilitation Sites

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SITE PLAN Chosen Development and Rehabilitation Sites

The West Poplar neighborhood has recently seen increasing investment in new and rehabilitated residen-tial construction. However, it still struggles with vacant, untended land, particularly toward the north and east, and several large landmark buildings remain unoccupied.

Our site approach entails building up three types of targeted areas and prepping the market for future interventions on the neighborhood’s remaining vacant lots. The portion of the neighborhood between 12th Street and 11th Street is strong, and new development along 10th Street is filling in the gaps. 11th Street, which contains many vacancies yet also holds community assets, is the remaining unstrengthened SPINE.

The West Poplar section of Spring Garden Street contains successful storefronts and a growing vibrancy that could be increased and harnessed using short-term interventions and lot rehabilitation. These initia-tives would serve as the CATALYST, pulling community interest up 11th Street.

The playground on Lemon Street and 11th Street serves as the core of the street…and of the neighbor-hood, as its single park. This playground will be revitalized, and Lemon Street will be reimagined as a green alley with a mixture of affordable and market-rate homes alongside it. Additional market-rate and affordable units will be developed and rehabilitated along 11th Street itself. All units will be constructed at maximum allowed density, or more so in the case of the proposed stacked rowhomes. All will match the current neighborhood fabric and retain the traditional Philadelphia rowhome style.

There are SITES OF CONCERN scattered throughout West Poplar, including several large vacant properties, some of which are used as garbage dumping grounds, the abandoned Independence Press Building, and the Reading Viaduct. The short- and long-term initiatives, from pop-up art galleries to open space creation and residential development beyond the time span of this project, will energize the West Poplar neighborhood as a whole.

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SITE PLAN

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SITE PLAN Typical Site Dimensions

MARKET-RATE3 stories20-foot frontage38-feet deep

AFFORDABLE2-3 stories18-foot frontage28-feet deep

STACKED AFFORDABLE3 stories & garden-level basement20-foot frontage40 feet deep

SITE PLAN Precedents for Row Homes

Greenwich VillageFairmount

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DETAIL OF ONE BLOCK Lemon Street

DETAIL OF ONE BLOCK Lemon Street

Vancouver Country Lane Alley

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DETAIL OF ONE BLOCK Green Alley Precedent

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DETAIL OF ONE BLOCK Lemon Street

TEMPORARY PULL-OVERS

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RE-ALIGNED INTERSECTION

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LEMON STREET:• R.O.W. WIDTH +/- 20 FT• SHARED STREET “WOONERF”, FLUSH WITH

SIDEWALK• GREEN ALLEY with PERMEABLE PAVERS

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SITE PLAN Proposed Building Rehabilitations

SITE PLAN Proposed Building Rehabilitations

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CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES Public and Non-Profit Land Ownership

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CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES Zoning

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CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES Current Zoning

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SHORT-TERM IMPROVEMENT PLAN First Friday Expansion

SHORT-TERM IMPROVEMENT PLAN First Friday Expansion

Credit: Chase Schiefer

SHORT-TERM IMPROVEMENT PLAN First Friday Expansion

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SHORT-TERM IMPROVEMENT PLAN Playground and Vacant Lot Cleanup

SHORT-TERM IMPROVEMENT PLAN Playground and Vacant Lot Cleanup

SHORT-TERM IMPROVEMENT PLAN Playground and Vacant Lot Cleanup

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LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENT PLAN Independence Press Building and the Reading Viaduct

Independence Press Building

Reading Viaduct

LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENT PLAN Independence Press Building and the Reading Viaduct

WEST POPLARMelissa Andrews

Eileen DivringiThomson Kao

Wesley Vaughn