It took half a century to repurpose Philadelphia's vast inventory of obsolete factory buildings. Now we can apply what we learned to office towers.
After more than four years of construction, the former coal-fired PECO power plant next to Penn Treaty Park has been turned into a mixed-use building called the Battery., which began when Middle Eastern producers cut off the supply of cheap crude in response to the West’s support for Israel during the Yom Kippur war.
So let’s hear some applause for the development teams that took on the toughest of those hard cases, theYes, both projects include apartments, but you can’t exactly call them apartment buildings. Because the structures are so vast, the developers and architects were forced to devise creative uses for all that empty space, especially the windowless areas deep inside the buildings.
in 1917, it shares some key features with Market Street’s modern trophy towers, which are beginning to empty out as more people work from home and employers downsize. After World War II, however, corporate tenants began demanding buildings with ever-larger footprints so they could fit all their employees on one floor. Converting such bulky high rises to apartments won’t be financially feasible unless their owners can figure out a way to monetize the vast interior expanses.
Developer David Waxman made the most of the situation by setting up cozy lounge areas in the corridors and decorating the wide spaces with vintage art from his personal collection. Tenants sometimes park their strollers and bicycles in the hallways, giving them the feel of a neighborhood street. Waxman, who has made a specialty of converting difficult industrial buildings, has previously used wasted interior spacefor self-storage, golf simulation rooms, and play areas.
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