Two residential towers have been proposed in the southern part of Philadelphia's Northern Liberties neighborhood. The first is a 14-story building with 355 units at 200 Spring Garden St., while the second is a 23-story building several blocks south at 2nd and Willow Streets. The project is led by National Real Estate Development and Kushner Real Estate Group.
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An aerial view of the derelict Spring Garden Station that was once part of the Reading Railroad. (Courtesy of Arts & Crafts Holdings)
Two private groups have filed a petition seeking to take legal stewardship over an abandoned train station along the Reading Viaduct, a decrepit former rail line that cuts through the heart of gentrifying neighborhoods north of Center City and has long been eyed for an elevated park.
Arts & Crafts Holdings, a real estate development company, and nonprofit Scioli Turco filed a petition last week in Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas seeking conservatorship for 901 Spring Garden St. That is the legal address of the former Spring Garden Station, which adjoins the elevated rail line and has sat abandoned for decades.