Daily News | Swarthmore locals are divided over how well luxury condos will fit the borough’s distinctive character
From left are Melanie Rodbart, Alison Manaker and Julie Ellis. They are among residents of Swarthmore opposed to a plan to build a five-story, 30-unit condo building along Park Avenue in the center of Swarthmore business district.A local developer’s proposed condominium complex in Swarthmore would offer ready access to a SEPTA Regional Rail station as well as to shops, restaurants, and cultural amenities in the heart of the Delaware County borough.
Ever since the developer, 110 Park LLC, submitted the first iteration of the proposal for review in 2021, public concerns have focused on the impact of replacing a small-town expanse of Park Avenue streetscape that includes green space with a residential building more appropriate for a city block.Discussion of the developer’s current application to consolidate several lots on the site consumed 12 hours at borough council sessions in January and February.
“To me, [110 Park] is not in keeping with the town center building code because the development is predicated on demolition,” she said. “We can increase density while also maintaining and celebrating the character, charm, and scale we already have.Incorporated in 1893 and best known as the home of, the borough is an inner-ring commuter suburb of Philadelphia. It has about 6,500 residents in its 1.4 square miles and features comfortable homes on tree-lined streets named after universities.
Cumby also said he respects the fact that some residents oppose 110 Park, which does not require any variances to the zoning code and can be erected as proposed. That mixed-use building is beloved locally not only for its appearance, but also its backstory. It took a local businessman named Joe Celia four years to get his plan approved by the borough before construction started in 1932 because he wanted to build it up to the sidewalk. The SOS website includes a letter, written by Celia’s granddaughter, and urging that the building — which she said includes imported Italian marble in the foyer — be saved.
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