The Redesign of Westpark: High Rise Public Housing in West Philadelphia
May 14 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Join DAG on May 14th as Councilmember Gauthier moderates a discussion with Westpark’s redevelopment team.
Westpark Towers is a vacant, 12-acre public housing campus that is currently being redeveloped into a 1,000 unit, mixed-income community. This large project on a critical transit-adjacent site in West Powelton will create 330 public housing replacement units, 250 units of additional Affordable Housing, 420 workforce units, community-oriented retail, social services, and four acres of new public open space.
The redevelopment of Westpark Towers, located in District 3, is the result of a public-private partnership between the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) and LMXD Development. With the support of Councilmember Jamie Gauthier and the new affordable housing legislation, Westpark Towers is a significant step toward addressing the critical need for affordable housing and social infrastructure in West Philadelphia. Councilmember Gauthier of West and Southwest Philadelphia (District 3) chairs the Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development, and the Homeless.
Join DAG on May 14th as Councilmember Gauthier moderates a discussion with Laura Rog of LMXD Development, Ian Lundy, Director of MSquared, Drew Kmetz, Associate of Erdy McHenry Architecture, and Marni Burns, Partner at OLIN. The team will share their plans, thoughts and ideas about Westpark’s redevelopment through preservation and densification.
This event will be held at the Center for DesignPhiladelphia, 1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia PA 19107.
Registration is not required for in-person events, however it is helpful for our planning. Light refreshments will be served.