JUSTIFICATION This case study is critical to understand because the Restore is an important component to the proposed project. As a retail space, run and operated by Habitat Philadelphia, it funds the construction of Habitat homes. Image 1: Site Plan Context
Image 2: Site Plan Context
SITE & CONTEXT The building is located on 2930 Jasper Street in Kensington, Philadelphia. It is on the same site that the proposed project will be located. Once a Textile Mill Factory, this building acted as a centralized business area of the neighborhood. The site is Zoned L4, an industrial district, with residential zones surrounding. The community acted as a live /work neighborhood with the residents walking to the factory to work from their nearby home. It was formally used as the commercial and industrial warehouse but is currently only housing the ReStore on the first level.
SIZE The ReStore is approximately 19,000 sf., 125ft by 250ft. It began as a 4-floor textile mill in the 1860’s and expanded to a 5-floor from an “L” to a “U” shaped building in 1910. The 5th floor is partial as well as the basement, with an attached one-story former boiler structure. The parking lot on the site is about 20,000 sf. with about 60 parking spaces. The ReStore has 2 loading docks accessible through the parking lot. Image 3: Site Plan
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