Philadelphia - Addition
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In The Fairmount section of Philadelphia, across the street from the historic Eastern State Penitentiary we constructed a two story addition.  We extended the rear of this row house to provide a larger 1st floor family room and larger 2nd floor rear bedroom.

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Back of the house with a covered paito and bay window.After demolition of the paito roof and the bay windowWe installed a steel I-beam to support the 2nd floor joist.First floor framing almost complete.All framing complete.The new bay window is hoisted into place.New addition with the scratch coat of stucco.Addition with the final coat of stucco.Addition as seen from the back alley.Street sign on Fairmount Ave.Eastern State PenitentiaryView from the back alley of the new Comcast building under construction.