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Philadelphia bills itself as a “city of firsts,” with a long list of notable U.S. or colonial America accomplishments that include the first zoo (Philadelphia Zoo, 1874), the first public library (Library Company of Philadelphia, 1731), the first art museum (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine arts, 1805) and first secular university (University of Pennsylvania, 1740).
The proposal remains in its early stages and likely will require Civic Design Review in addition to neighborhood meetings.
Furness left a major footprint across Philadelphia, though many of his banks and other buildings have been demolished. Some of his most well-known surviving structures in the city include the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Zoo Gatehouse, Mount Airy Train Station and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine arts. The Library of Congress has a few photos of the Kensington National Bank during its early days, as does the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project.
The proposal at the bank in Fishtown joins another project in the works across the street at the 7-Eleven property on Girard Avenue, where developers are planning a mixed-used building with 107 residential units. Both projects would add more places to live around SEPTA s Girard Station on the Market-Frankford Line, part of growing emphasis on transit-oriented developments.