Small lot, Tall order
- January 3, 2020
- New York BNP Media 2020
- 46-48p.
If you walked by 12th and Vine in Philadelphia only two years ago, you’d never guess that the meager empty space on the corner could actually be a building site. In fact, the 93-foot-long lot was so improbably narrow—only 11 feet wide—that you’d probably miss it altogether. But now the sliver of land at the edge of the Center City district has been transformed by local architecture firm ISA into seven sleek and livable apartments. The oddly shaped lot is a leftover from the construction of Interstate 676, a below-grade multilane highway dating from the late 1950s that sliced through Philadelphia’s dense urban fabric.