You don’t have to be an artist to live in Ray Philly. But if you are, you will find a building whose amenities will help you do your work better.

This may not look like a work of art to you, though there is one on the building’s exterior — look at its top left corner. Yet that term actually describes what the creators of Ray Philly set out to produce: An apartment building that centers and supports the work of artists. You don’t have to be one to live there, however. / This photo: Sandy Smith; renderings of amenity spaces and model unit photos courtesy Ray Philly
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