Front St Apts

A wedge shaped lot along Front St, adjacent to the elevated Market Frankford Line in Philadelphia, was a long-standing tire repair shop before recently becoming a vacant corner parcel. The proposed tapered building is designed in direct response to its context. The mixed use building places it’s support spaces along the noisier, Front St façade. These support spaces act as a sound buffer between the active, elevated transit line and the living areas of each apartment. The two bedrooms and living spaces of each apartment open to a much quieter rear yard and narrower, less active, neighborhood street. The future ground floor commercial tenant will only add to the growing number of new exciting retail and dining happening along this section of Front St.