The plot at 4812 Baltimore Ave, the site of the proposed building (image from Google Street View).
Plans for a new apartment building at 4812 Baltimore Ave will be revealed tomorrow (Thursday, Jan. 17) at a community meeting that will be held at The Calvary Center (801 S. 48th St). The owners of the property, Diversified Realty Ventures, have submitted an application to the Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) and applied for a permit to build a new, 4-story structure with a roof deck. The building will have a small commercial store front on the 1st floor and five apartments above.
The lot where the building is currently proposed is home to a few garden plots, but is otherwise vacant. The builder needs a variance because of the proposed structure’s height. The building would house five apartments with a total of nine bedrooms.
At the meeting, the owners will present drawings of the proposed building and answer any questions the community may have.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the Calvary Center’s basement (entrance through 48th street side door).
January 19th, 2013 at 3:27 pm
I liked the garden there, personally.
January 26th, 2013 at 5:20 pm
It will be nice to fill the gape there. Hopefully the new building isn’t too tacky though. I personally would rather see a place where people can live there. I lived across the street from there for years and would occasionally witness people (really it was always the same woman) using that lot as a bathroom (ewww).