Rendering Alert: There’s a Courtyard and Water Feature at Mural Arts Lofts

Is that a bridge leading to the entrance?

The former Thaddeus Stevens School on Broad | Photo credit: James Jennings

The former Thaddeus Stevens School on Broad | Photo credit: James Jennings

Oh, wow. We’ve just gotten our hands on the most recent rendering of the planned Mural Arts Lofts (aka, the former Thaddeus Stevens school at Broad and Spring Garden), a 56-unit apartment development, which along with the Divine Lorraine and other projects on North Broad, seems to be paving the way for a potential (and hopefully not so distant?) corridor revitalization. Check it out below!

What’s interesting to note about the newly released rendering is that it contains a courtyard driveway and water feature, elements we hadn’t previously heard of, although EB Realty Management executive director Chris Cordaro told us in an email that “a spectacular courtyard was always in our plans.” Developer Eric Blumenfeld added, “We believe that residential communities are well served by elegant courtyards that give residents a sense of a happy place.”

Blumenfeld’s previous developments, like the Marine Club on South Broad or 640 on North Broad, are an example of this, as he notes they too have been “incorporated a lot of natural materials” and water features.

And so, without further ado, a look at the upcoming Mural Arts Lofts….
Image courtesy of Chris Cordaro.