A Tour - YIKEStopia

While I am impatiently waiting for an answer from zoning today, I thought I would put together a tour of the buildings in their current state.

I have lived in Philly since 1988 and have fallen in love with many of the vacant, dilapidated buildings in this town. Over the years, I have ridden my bike past these rotting, architecturally beautiful buildings while renovating them in my mind.

This is how I felt when I first saw these buildings. It was love at first sight. I think many people would be scared away by the advanced water damage, but I saw amazing natural light, a great layout and lots of potential.

Each building is 3 stories with a storefront on the first floor and an apartment on the 2nd and 3rd floors.

204 East Girard First floor storefront (YIKES office)

204 East Girard inside — 204 East Girard first floor inside facing South

204 Girard Basement — 204 East Girard Basement

The first floor storefront on 204 East Girard Ave. will be the future YIKES office. The first floor will be all office space with a room in the back for storage/printers/copier/etc. We will also have a side yard for breaks and grilling. The basement will be turned into a kitchen, bathroom and conference room.

The 2nd floor of 204 East Girard will be a 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment. There will no longer be a view of the first floor from the 2nd floor through the hole in front of the toilet.

204 East Girard 3rd floor — 204 East Girard 2nd floor

The 3rd floor of 204 East Girard will be a 1 bedroom apartment with a nice roofdeck.

The commercial space on the first floor of 204 East Girard Ave. will have a front room, back room, bathroom, back yard, side alley and basement storage.