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One thing I've noticed in my new Fishtown location is that there are a lot of corner stores. Like "every other corner" wouldn't be a terrible approximation. Delis, bars, I think a salon, more delis/convenience stores... It's pretty neat. Both providing surprise as you walk around an otherwise residential neighborhood, and of course providing services to residents. No idea if they're all grandfathered in or if the zoning and parking codes would be friendly to buying a corner house and opening a business.
Philadelphia buildings
2019-04-19 23:45I'm staying in Fishtown/Kensington. Walking around, something seems odd about the urban fabric. My current analysis:
* No setback or front yards, buildings go straight up to the sidewalk. No grass strip by the curbs, either.
* Relatively narrow streets (side streets, not a boulevard like Girard), some just two lanes (one parking, one traffic) wide, some just an alley with narrow sidewalks.
* Wall to wall buildings, 2-3 stories, flat in both facade and roof (doesn't it snow here?) Boston buildings would have more bay windows, turrets, and other diversity; much less so here, whether old or new (which are REALLY flat. Tangentially, some of those show cracking concrete despite being like 10 years old.)
* No setback or front yards, buildings go straight up to the sidewalk. No grass strip by the curbs, either.
* Relatively narrow streets (side streets, not a boulevard like Girard), some just two lanes (one parking, one traffic) wide, some just an alley with narrow sidewalks.
* Wall to wall buildings, 2-3 stories, flat in both facade and roof (doesn't it snow here?) Boston buildings would have more bay windows, turrets, and other diversity; much less so here, whether old or new (which are REALLY flat. Tangentially, some of those show cracking concrete despite being like 10 years old.)
