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Renting an Apartment in Callowhill
What You Should Know
Callowhill is a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is roughly
located in the vicinity of Callowhill Street, between Vine Street, Spring Garden
Street, Broad Street, and 8th Street. Callowhill was formerly home to
large-scale manufacturing and other industries, of which an architectural
history has been left in the form of grand old abandoned factories. During the
1970s and 80s, the population of Callowhill plummeted, and although numbers are
rising, it is a fairly unpopulated section of the city compared to surrounding
neighborhoods. Recently developers have started to employ adaptive reuse
projects, converting them into loft style housing; so much so that many have
termed the neighborhood "The Loft District."
Callowhill is psychologically cut-off from its neighbor to the south, Chinatown,
by the Vine Street Expressway. This has largely prevented Chinese businesses
from treading north, although some industrial and storage uses by the Chinese
community have been placed in Callowhill. Vine Street is also blamed for the
abrupt drop in pedestrian life above Chinatown, and the struggle faced by
efforts to redevelop this section of the city that lies between Center City and
North Philadelphia.
The former Reading Railroad train trestle, the Reading Viaduct, is a defining
feature of the Callowhill neighborhood. Neighborhood groups have proposed that
the abandoned structure be maintained as a public park, much like Manhattan's
High Line.