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Top Amenities
- 24-Hour Front Desk
- Cat friendly
- Fitness Center
- Granite Countertops
- Hardwood Floors
- Indoor Pool
- Parking Garage
- Private Balconies
- Resident Lounge
- Rooftop Deck
- Stainless Steel Appliances
- Washer/Dryer In Unit
About this Location
9 min walk
restaurants nearby
4 min walk
BSL (metro) - 3 min
Pricing
updated 5 hrs ago
Schedule Appointment At
(786) 403-0330-
Bedrooms
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Walk-in Closets
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Building Related
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Elevators
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Entertainment
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Resident Lounge
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Rooftop Deck
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Kitchen
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Dishwasher
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Garbage Disposal
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Granite Countertops
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Microwave
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Stainless Steel Appliances
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Laundry
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Washer/Dryer In Unit
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Lease Terms
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Application Fee
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Living Room
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Air Conditioning
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Hardwood Floors
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Parking & Transportation
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Parking Garage
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Parking Nearby
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Pet Terms & Amenities
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Cat friendly
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Pet deposit for cats
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Pet deposit for dogs
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Security & Maintenance
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24-Hour Front Desk
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Sports & Fitness
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Fitness Center
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Indoor Pool
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View
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Private Balconies
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Overall rating 7.9/10, based on 132 renter reviews Write a review
1500 Locust reviews and highlights
- Some units are renovated with stainless steel appliances and new carpets
- Rent is pretty expensive
- Good mix of young families, retirees, young professionals, and graduate students
- A few blocks from Rittenhouse Square
- Amazing pool, gym, and rooftop
- Office staff and maintenance people are wonderful and respond very quickly to complaints
- Only complaints are the slow elevators and the fire alarms that go off at night sometimes
- Lots of Wharton students
- Elevators have had frequent breakdowns
- Gym is great
- Fantastic maintenance staff and doormen
- Wonderful amenities
- Nice gym with dumbbells, weight machines and cardio equipment
- Great for hosting dinner parties
- Building allows subletting during the summer
- Gym boasts one of the best views of Philly
- The walls don't insulate very well during the winter months
- Great place to live
- Resident's lounge is fantastic
Fair Place for a Fair Price
1500 Locust is an older building that does a decent job at staying with the times. The pool, lounge, and gym are great (when well maintained). The apartments are also spacious, and if you time their dynamic pricing system right, you can get a pretty good deal. However, if you keep to a tight schedule, the chronic wait times to snag an elevator will be a drag. Plus, the bike room situation is a long-running issue, so be prepared to store your bike in your apartment (which means waiting for an empty elevator car). Nevertheless, if you can get a decent price, 1500 Locust is definitely worth the move.
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Couple
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1 bed / 1 bath
I like living at 1500 Locust
There are a lot of other Wharton students, which is nice. The amenities are also nice and management is very responsive. The location is a bit far from campus and 2401. I would consider living closer.
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Roommates
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2 beds / 2 baths
Mostly happy with 1500 Locust
The building is one of the better buildings in Philly, with great amenities. I still think it's a bit on the pricey side though.
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1 bed / 1 bath
Great apartment, except for slow elevators.
Great apartment, except for slow elevators. Comes with white carpeting, and charge $200 extra per month for nice, wood flooring.
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1 bed / 1 bath
Great building
A little more of a walk from campus and 2401 Walnut than other popular apartment buildings, but the amenities and building staff responsiveness more than make up for it.
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Roommates
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2 beds / 2 baths
1500 Locust has been an excellent experience
Building is very nice with good amenities.
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Roommates
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2 beds / 2 baths
Some may complain about 1500 Locust, but I love the building.
The problems that 1500 Locust faced from 2012-2013 are generally sorted out by 2013-2014. The elevators were replaced after suffering water damage in 2012. (This transition was a painful process during which one or more elevators was out of service, but the project was completed in early 2013.) The gym boasts one of the best views of Philly, and units with hardwood floors (or laminate) are particularly attractive. Water pressure in the shower is great and the water temperature is consistent. My unit stays warm in the winter due to heating throughout the building, so I don't even turn on my wall heater (saves electrical costs).
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1 bed / 1 bath
Great amenities, but pricey
Expensive if you don't use the amenities.
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Couple
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1 bed / 1 bath
Decent building
1500 Locust is okay
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Roommates
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2 beds / 2 baths
The building has great amenities such as the gym, pool and lounge area but the elevators are really slow.
The management allows subletting so it is a good option if you are away during the summer. The building allows flexible month on month lease renewal after year one so it's a great for 2nd year students who may not need a 12 month extension. One big issue is that the penalty on late payment is 10 percent of total rent even if you are delayed only by a day so be careful about that clause in the rent agreement.
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Roommates
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2 beds / 2 baths
The Neighborhood
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PATCO (rail)
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12 (bus)
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Rittenhouse Square Reviews
Spruce Street in particular is great - it's a little south of the square, so is quieter/shielded from a lot of the traffic that the neighborhood gets, but it's not out of the way or far away. There's a Starbucks, a grocery store (Rittenhouse Market), and a few corner stores (Four Seasons and Food & Friends) within a 2-3 minute walk of my apartment.