Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and CMX-5 and RM-1 zoning in Washington Square West, around Pennsylvania Hospital.
Search this neighborhoodWashington Square West is a Center City neighborhood of about 13,200 residents south of Market Street and west of Society Hill, home to the Gayborhood along 13th Street and to much of the Avenue of the Arts. Downtown commercial (CMX-5) zoning covers about 31% of it and multi-family RM-1 17%.
Pennsylvania Hospital, founded in 1751, Wills Eye Hospital, the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Wilma Theater, the Forrest Theatre, Mikveh Israel Cemetery and the Broad Street Line's Walnut-Locust and Lombard-South stations are inside the boundary. SEPTA routes 9, 12, 21, 40, 42 and 45 also serve it.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Washington Square West. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Washington Square West include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 1,620 permits in Washington Square West from January 2024 through October 2026, 294 of them building permits (1 for new construction) and 6 for demolition; the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. Building permits are almost all for alterations and additions to existing buildings, with little new construction.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in Washington Square West by area is CMX-5 (commercial mixed-use), covering about 31% of the neighborhood, followed by RM-1 (multi-family housing) at 17% and RMX-3 (residential mixed-use) at 5%.
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