As of 2026, 83 of the 278 active building permits issued near the center of West Powelton in the last 12 months are for new buildings, full demolitions (razes) or other high-impact uses.
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Compared to the average Philadelphia neighborhood.
83 new-building, full-demolition (raze) or other high-impact building permits were issued near the center of West Powelton in the last 12 months and are still active. Search an address above to see what's planned on a specific block.
West Powelton has 278 building permits filed in the last 12 months, 83 of them new buildings, full demolitions (razes) or other high-impact uses. The map above shows where.
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Search West PoweltonFigures cover an approximate half-mile area around the center of West Powelton (the crime and permit datasets aren't tagged by neighborhood, so we use a consistent radius), over the last 12 months, compared against the average Philadelphia neighborhood. Source: City of Philadelphia open data (OpenDataPhilly). Open data updates on a delay, so the most recent records may be incomplete. For general information only — not legal, financial, or real-estate advice.
Circle shows roughly a half-mile around the center of West Powelton. Search an address for block-level detail.