'Downtown may not work as purely as an office district anymore, but it’s a perfect model for every other Bedroom neighborhood,' writes IngaSaffron.
The flip side of depopulated downtown offices is that more people are home in their neighborhoods during the day. When residents need a morning coffee break, they now head to a local cafe instead of the one in Center City. While they’re out walking dogs, pushing strollers, going for runs, they’ve been popping into the new bakeries, plant boutiques, hardware stores, and service businesses that have sprung up to cater to the work-from-home population.
Josh Guelbart, who serves on the board of Northern Liberties’ business district, has observed the same trends on North Second Street.is completing the sprawling 1,100-unit Alta apartment development, just south of Girard Avenue. Convinced that more families are willing to live in apartments, Post designed 40% of the units with two or more bedrooms and included an array of kid-friendly amenities, including spray pools, playrooms, and dedicated stroller parking.
Rather than gravitating to Center City, they bought a condo in a converted Mount Airy church. Although the Hirts have lived in four states, Marita told me it’s the first time they’ve owned a place in a walkable neighborhood and had access to mass transit. They just acquired their first SEPTA cards, she said.It’s hard to overstate the role that Philadelphia’s convenient rail and air connections play in making the city a desirable place to live in a post-pandemic world.
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