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Apartment building report

253 N 3rd St

4 stories · 6,800 sqft · CMX3 · built 1920

Apartment building · 5 units · Washington Square View LLC · assessed $1.5M. On the 200 block of N 3rd St.

Property summary

Assessment$1.5MCity assessed value Last sale$950KRecorded 2021 Est. annual tax$21K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits7Dated events in report Violations5Open when report assembled

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Dated record flagRecords to verify together

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Evidence: 5 open L&I violations · failed L&I inspection activity in 2023, 2025

Limit: A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue.

Dated record flagAssessment/permit mismatch

The assessment jumped 29% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.

Evidence: assessment moved from $1,181,200 to $1,529,100 · no permit shown in 2026-2028

Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.

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Apartment buildingBuilding report

This is a apartment building, recorded under the city's apartments category. The homeowner tools (rent estimate, homestead playbook) don't apply, so they're hidden. The full record and owner trail are below.

5 open violations

What it is
Apartment building
Str/Off+Apt 4 Sty Masonry
Owner
Washington Square View Llc
Tax standing
Assessed $1.5M
On the tax roll
$ / sq ft
$225
above the $151 median for 3,983 apartments parcels citywide
Corridor
Old City
city commercial corridor
Licensed units
5
active rental license
Assessed value
$1.5M
City market value
Interior area
6,800 sqft
Lot size
1,688 sqft
Stories
4
Built
1920
Zoning
CMX3

Who's behind it

Washington Square View LLC · corporate / LLC owner

• Tax bills mail to 5920 Veterans Blvd, Metairie La, 70003 — outside Philadelphia
• Holds an active rental license for this address

PA corporate registry ↗OpenCorporates ↗City record ↗

Block context

253 N 3rd St sits on the 200 block of N 3rd St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 251 N 3rd St  ·  255 N 3rd St

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com), then reports are cached and refreshed on a rolling schedule. Source dates vary: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. Other dossiers re-pull on view once stale, and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.

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