PHILADELPHIA | 30th Street Station District | 1,200 FT - 180 FT | 85 - 12 FLOORS
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http://i.imgur.com/oyMpDTn.jpg http://i.imgur.com/5Ce3CnK.jpg https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...5a&oe=57C31FD9 http://planphilly.com/uploads/media_....752.793.s.png 19 towers over 12 floors - Estimated Heights 1,200 FT - 85 FLOORS - Transit Terminal Tower - 2901 Arch Street 705 FT - 47 FLOORS - Cira II - 3001 John F. Kennedy Blvd 670 FT - 45 FLOORS - 2928 Race Street 605 FT - 40 FLOORS - 3100 Cherry Street 590 FT - 40 FLOORS - 2929 Race Street 570 FT - 38 FLOORS - 3000 Baring Street 435 FT - 30 FLOORS - 3100 Winter Street 405 FT - 27 FLOORS - 3120 Race Street 380 FT - 25 FLOORS - 3101 Powelton Ave 375 FT - 25 FLOORS - 3001 Winter Street 330 FT - 22 FLOORS - 3100 Baring Street 320 FT - 20 FLOORS - 3000 Cherry Street 315 FT - 20 FLOORS - 3020 Race Street 305 FT - 20 FLOORS - 3001 Powelton Ave 295 FT - 19 FLOORS - 3100 Hamilton Street 255 FT - 17 FLOORS - 3100 Powelton Ave 225 FT - 15 FLOORS - 3101 Race Street 210 FT - 14 FLOORS - 3100 Spring Garden Street 180 FT - 12 FLOORS - 3125 Baring Street $6.5B price tag for 35-year University City overhaul Quote:
Phase I Schuylkill Yards - 8 towers 30th Street Station improvements Bus Terminal Cira II - 705 FT Phase II Arch and Race Street Pedestrian Bridges 3000 Cherry Street - 320 FT 3100 Cherry Street - 605 FT 3020 Race Street - 315 FT 3120 Race Street - 405 FT 4 other buildings under 12 floors tall Phase III Race Street Pedestrian Bridge to Center City Schuylkill River West Banks 2928 Race Street - 670 FT Phase IV Powelton Ave bridge Schuylkill Bluffs park Phase I 2929 Race Street - 590 FT 3101 Race Street - 225 FT 3100 Winter Street - 435 FT 3001 Winter Street - 375 FT 3100 Powelton Ave - 255 FT 9 other buildings under 12 floors tall Phase V Transit Terminal Tower - 1200 FT Phase VI Baring St Bridge Drexel Park extension Schuylkill Bluffs park Phase 2 Schuylkill Bluffs pedestrian Bridge 3001 Powelton Ave - 305 FT 3101 Powelton Ave - 380 FT 3000 Baring St - 570 FT 3100 Baring St - 330 FT 5 other buildings under 12 floors Phase VII 3125 Baring St - 180 FT 3100 Hamilton St - 295 FT 3100 Spring Garden St - 210 FT 6 other buildings under 12 floors The phasing is shown in the video of the project starting at 3:17 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSGV...ature=youtu.be Website: http://www.phillydistrict30.com/ |
30th Street Station district should not be confused with Schuylkill Yards, which is a separate project. The link to that thread is here:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=221324 And here are some larger images: http://archnews.wpengine.com/wp-cont...wofStation.jpg http://archnews.wpengine.com/wp-cont...tonVillage.jpg http://archnews.wpengine.com/wp-cont...CenterCity.jpg http://archpaper.com/2016/06/amtrak-...lery-0-slide-0 |
suddenly Philly just became a contender for the top 3 skylines in the USA for 2025
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I've been poring over the plan for the last 12 hours or so.
Two interesting tidbits: - "Amtrak parcel at 30th & JFK" (i.e. the Cira II parcel) is shown suggesting hotel programming - same parcel is identified as a "priority development parcel" in Phase I Could this mean the Cira II parcel is developed cotermoniously with later SY phases? |
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Surprised no one has posted this semi-plan rendering. (I have no idea how to resize it)
http://static1.squarespace.com/stati...enter+City.jpg |
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Philly District 30 is the long-term, overarching development plan spearheaded mainly by Amtrak but including a very long list of partners (this includes Brandywine and Drexel). While the render porn aspects north of Arch aren't due to be realized until a 2025-2050 timeframe, its initial phases (reconfiguration and expansion of 30th Street Station) are also planned to start in relatively short order. Actually, Philly District 30's Phase I is scheduled to be finished around the same time SY is. This is very much on purpose, as SY eats all the easy development parcels around the station, which in turn justifies the Amtrak overbuilds. Think of where we are as analogous to the very very early parts of the Hudson Yards project ... more than a decade ago. |
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For Schuylkill Yards, they are planning to break ground in the fall on Drexel Square, the renovation of the Bulletin Building, and an improved MFL head house. They already announced that the first office tower – across JFK from Bulletin – will be 2017/2018, depending on a tenant I suppose. Improvements on JFK will also be advancing. For the District Plan (which technically includes Schuylkill Yards, by the way), the partner groups announced a series of next steps at the press event yesterday. These essentially reflect the near-term projects listed in the plan documents. - Preliminary engineering on the MFL to station underground connection - Further study of the new concourse where the valet garage is today - Improved station retail - Advancement of Station Plaza / expansion of the Porch - Adjustment of expressway off-ramps and layout of bus terminal north of Arch Street - Not mentioned was changes to Regional Rail access, but these are also coming with SEPTA Key (fare control gates) and likely re-opening the eastern mezzanine to access the tracks. The rest of the project would still be called a “vision” at this point. But the idea is that these near-term projects continue to build momentum and value to attract the kind of tenants and investment needed for the vertical development. Once that happens, Schuylkill Yards will advance first, and likely the rail yards development (with the exception of maybe the area just north of the station around Cira Centre) would follow only once SY is complete. It remains to be seen what sort of commitment the City will make towards accomplishing this project. They were not part of the team that sponsored this plan, but yesterday it seemed like they were embracing the plan. Let’s see if they step up with some of the infrastructure – would love to see western riverfront access and the bridge across the Schuylkill at Race Street happen sooner rather than later. |
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Basically, Schuylkill Yards is a long-term development between Brandywine and Drexel which will take place over the next 20 years. The 30th Street Station District is a plan between Amtrak, Brandywine, Drexel, and multiple other large players and will be developed over the next 35 years. So yes, each plan will happen in some way, shape or form - which is why everybody is excited about the plans. However, each project will be long term. I mean, they spent several million dollars on just the planning for this development - so they better be serious. |
30th Street Station District Green space renderings
Schuylkill Bluffs Park: https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/RLw...ffs%20Park.png Highline Park: https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Lry...031st%20St.png Race Street Pedestrian Bridge: https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/xZe...0at%20Race.png http://philly.curbed.com/2016/3/15/1...lan-renderings |
Map labeling the separate parts of the project and Schuylkill Yards:
http://planphilly.com/uploads/media_....752.793.s.png |
30th Street Station District Plan to cost $6.5B, add skyscraper to West Philly
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30th Street Station Development Plans Announced
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http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelp...wine-amtr.html
^This is the same link that Summers posted, but I needed to directly quote from the article. One of the things that will change (hopefully), is relocating the I-76 entrance ramp. That ramp has got to be one of the scariest place to enter. It's definitely a 2 hander on the steering wheel. Traffic criss-crosses there. It's surprising that there's not a place where you can genuflect before entering. :worship: |
Interactive renderings (!) Someone should do screen grabs of some of these, especially the outdoor ones showing new towers.
Bar above Main Hall of Station: http://www.insitevr.com/view/4Jx5I0oVZZ#2 New "North Concourse": http://www.insitevr.com/view/4Jx5I0oVZZ#3 Retail Corridor between North Waiting Room and new concourse: http://www.insitevr.com/view/4Jx5I0oVZZ#4 Underground MFL connection: http://www.insitevr.com/view/4Jx5I0oVZZ#5 Bus terminal: http://www.insitevr.com/view/4Jx5I0oVZZ#6 Station Plaza @ JFK: http://www.insitevr.com/view/4Jx5I0oVZZ#7 Station Plaza @ Market: http://www.insitevr.com/view/4Jx5I0oVZZ#8 |
We should take bets on when the first tower is built. My guess is that construction will start in the summer of 2030.
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I've said it before, but this plan is HUGE. This project is only matched in scale and ambition by Hudson Yards in NYC. Besides that, I don't think there is another potential project in the U.S., and few even internationally, that have the sort of intermodal connectivity in a dense, urban setting. That this area can start from scratch so as to have consistency in planning throughout the whole area without having to know any buildings or displace anyone is another is fortunate. Brandywine has a good track record, and the institutional support from SEPTA, Amtrak, and Drexel make this whole thing really promising. I hope companies see the potential here and make it happen sooner rather than later. |
Sure the skyscrapers are nice and all but the best part of all of this is what they're planning to do at human scale. the general area of 30th Street has never been terribly accommodating to pedestrians and even rather decent efforts to place-make there like The Porch (awful name) still exist as an oasis in the midst of a swirl of traffic. Rebranding necessarily means recreating here. The renders of more appealing streetscape along 30th Street are encouraging as well as that ambitious connection to 30th St MFL/SST.
We've been fed tons of drawings of happy people frolicking in new parks under soaring towers before but I'm noticing a difference in the names of the entities involved from this latest imaginefest and those from years past...many private and quasi-public organizations are involved but nowhere among them will you find 'City of Philadelphia'. Perhaps that's why this seems so possible. |
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