Storefront Reuse

Team

Weavers Way Community Programs
Agoos/Lovera Architects

Context

Weavers Way, an established and very successful food co-op in Philadelphia's Mount Airy neighborhood, has been offered the opportunity to open a satellite store in the Ogontz Avenue Commercial Corridor.

Site

The satellite co-op is leasing a two-story storefront building at a prominent location on the commercial corridor, but it has only 700 square feet of ground floor space.

Challenge

To develop a design prototype for a fresh food market in a very small retail space and explore options for using the adjacent vacant lot and second floor space to expand the co-op.