New restaurant at 20th & Chestnut Streets
Another new restaurant is about to open up along Chestnut Street, one of many new restaurants in the neighborhood. The new restaurant, at 1930 Chestnut Street where Hollywood Video used to be, is called Jane G’s. It will serve Asian cuisine for lunch and dinner. There will be outdoor seating and a raw bar inside. Opening day will be very soon; I saw workers finishing up the other day. A large new restaurant, with outdoor seating, at this location will add a lot more life to this stretch of Chestnut Street and this end of the Rittenhouse neighborhood. You can find out more about the restaurant at janegsrestaurant.com.
Jane G's restaurant, under construction, @ 20th & Chestnut
Commerce Square plaza, @ 20th & Market Streets, is being renovated into a neighborhood gathering place
Commerce Square, the complex of two gray-granite 41-storey buildings at 20th and Market Streets, is being renovated for the first time since the complex was built in the early 1990s. The renovation, designed by Commarts/Stantec, includes an exciting renovation of the public plaza between the two towers. The newly revamped plaza will have more outdoor seating, new benches, umbrellas, and landscaping and the fountain will be rebuilt. The most exciting feature, however, will be a 22′ by 20′ “media wall”, or jumbotron TV screen, along one of the walls of the plaza. In front, on the Market Street sidewalk, there will be two illuminated 42′ pylons to create an entrance from Market Street. The management of the complex plans to add a new restaurant as well. All this could make the plaza at Commerce Square feel similar to The Piazza, in Northern Liberties, or the plaza and lobby of the Comcast Center. And, this will be right across the street from the newly renovated 2040 Market Street, which will have retail and 275 new apartments. This is all very good news for the neighborhood around Riverwest.
Commerce Square plaza under construction
Rendering of the new Commerce Square plaza
Another rendering of the new plaza at Commerce Square
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