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Historic Gas Station Will Move for Logan Square Office Tower

On 20th Street, there’s a small building on the west side of the street between Cuthbert and Arch, standing sentry beside a surface lot at 2000-24 Arch St.

While originally slated for demolition back in the ’80s, the building has stood lonely and unused as the rest of the lot was used for car rentals and surface parking. A major change is now slated for this lot, but it won’t involve the little gas station building. Before the upcoming redevelopment, the building will be moved in its entirety and restored, with a final destination just a block or so to the north at Aviator Park along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

In news that’s even more exciting than a repositioned gas station, the surface lot at 20th & Arch will soon change quite a bit. Zoning documents show that the two parcels on the lot have now been combined – a clear sign that things are afoot. But what is coming you ask? According to a Philadelphia Business Journal story from 2019, international insurance company Chubb was looking to develop this site with Brandwine Property Trust and the Parkway Corporation for their corporate offices. Per minutes from a Logan Square Neighborhood Association meeting from last year, Covid-19 delayed plans (unsurprisingly), but things are definitely moving forward. In fact, while original plans called for 15 floors spread over 260 feet in height, new plans add three more floors to a total of 18, though the height and footprint will remain the same. Additionally, two levels of underground parking are planned for the project.

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