The landmark Melrose Diner, shuttered since a fire a year ago, will be demolished — but the diner will live on as part of a new 94-unit apartment building.
Plans filed with the city on Wednesday, first reported by the Rising Real Estate blog, called for a six-story, 55-foot-tall mixed-use building with a roof deck and ground-floor commercial space.
After reports emerged of impending demolition plans for the famed diner car last year, owner Michael Petrogiannis initially told The Inquirer that he would not demolish it. The new permit does call for a complete demolition of the existing diner and bakery, although a planned ground-floor commercial space in the proposed building would be occupied by a new iteration of the Melrose Diner that he would operate, Petrogiannis told The Inquirer Thursday.
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