John Perzel and the Mayfair CDC do for the Neighborhood

The Mayfair Community Development Corporation ("MCDC") is pleased to present the John M. Perzel Community Center in the Mayfair section of lower Northeast Philadelphia.
The parcel is approximately .624 acres situated 73.75 feet along St. Vincent Street and extending 378.5 feet toward Princeton Avenue. The new address assigned to the Community Center is 2990 St.Vincent Street. Access to the site will be provided by new curb cuts along St. Vincent Street.
Specifically, the proposed development parcel will replace 4 outdoor basketball courts and will sit between recreation department baseball fields and the Mayfair Elementary School surface parking lot.
The land where the John M. Perzel Community Center will be built, this image was taken September 2004, just prior to ground-breaking on the project. The Mayfair Community Development Corp will construct a 23,785 square foot (355 ft. long x 67 ft. wide) one-story building consisting of the following:
2 full court basketball gyms
1 multi-purpose community room
1 computer lab
1 kitchen and related office space
All of the above-referenced uses serve well-established recreational and cultural needs of local Mayfair area residents.
Estimated construction costs for this new facility are $2.75 million.
Ground Breaking: October 13, 2004Construction Commencement: December, 2004Grand Opening: November 2005
(Pictured below is the future John M. Perzel Community Center)

To View the Construction Cam click the following link:
http://media1.pahousegop.com/perzel_webcam