If you are considering relocating to the Center City Philadelphia area and Rittenhouse Square in particular THEN. you definitly want to consider the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood.

If you're curious about upscale living, extreme convenience, cultural richness, and historical significance, this is the place to be. Let's dive into the special world of Rittenhouse Square!

To truly understand Rittenhouse Square, let's start with its rich history. The Square used to be named Southwest Square and is one of the 5 original parks (or public squares) that William Penn designed into the city development 100's of years ago. It was later renamed Rittenhouse Square after David Rittenhouse - a businessman in the area.

The square is literally a square park that is located between Walnut Street and Rittenhouse Sq and 18th street and essentially 19th street. its a large green space 7 acres in size. The term "Rittenhouse Square" is used to describe the upscale residential neighborhood that surrounds the park.

One of main reasons people love living in Rittenhouse is because you can walk to pretty much everything. Living here is extremely convenient. Whether its your job, a local cafe, coffee shop, bar, fine dinning, outdoor recreation, museums or shopping, Rittenhouse has it all. Some residents do have cars but if you are working in the city, you'll rarely use it and may be better served by not having a vehicle depending on your situation. My wife and I use our car once per week at the most and find it more convenient to just walk or Uber wherever we need to go. If you do want a car in the city, you can purchase a condo or townhome that comes with parking at a cost or have a permit to park on the street. However, street parking isn't for the faint of heart. Also, noteworthy is that some of the luxury condo buildings in the Rittenhouse area offer their own private chauffeur service.

And if you want to take advantage of public transit, Philly's public transportation system, is also a very convenient walk from many areas in Rittenhouse. You have 30th street station, Suburban Station and 15th Street at City Hall and can pretty much get to anywhere in the city.

Speaking of amenities, If shopping is your passion, you're in for a treat! Rittenhouse Square is lined with charming boutiques and high-end shops. Walnut Street, in particular, offers a mix of designer labels and local gems. It's the perfect place to indulge in some retail therapy if that's your thing. You've got lots of familiar favorites here as well from Apple to Warby Parker to Lululemon and everything in between.

So if living in Rittenhouse sounds appealing to you, let's talk about your housing options. Rittenhouse has a great diversification of streets and homes in the area. You can be right on the park in a high rise condo, or living in a very narrow trinity type of home, or have a large townhome, or reside in a smaller condo building that used to be a large townhome. The convenience of urban living meets the tranquility of a residential retreat right here. For many, it's the perfect blend of city vibrancy and residential comfort. You've got historic brownstones and other townhomes You've got low rise condos You've got mid-rise condos And finally you have high rise condos. The majority of the townhomes will be older but possibly recently renovated. And with condos, you'll find a diversity of older buildings - some units in those older buildings will be outdated and others will be more recently renovated.

To give you an idea of pricing, the median townhome price was around $800,000 in 2022 but this easily fluctuated to $1,000,000 depending on the data you consider and the median condo prices was around $470,000 in 2022. So what should your budget look like. Well for a decent 1 bed you are looking $250,000 - $500,000 plus. For a decent two bed you'll want a budget of at least $300,000 but really $400,000 + and quickly going much much higher and for a 3 bed plus townhome you'll want a healthy budget north of $600,000 but very quickly escalating to the millions.