I'm not quite sure the point being made about City Hall. But I will say that designating buildings for historic preservation based entirely on appearances is a slippery slope. The United Way was preserved because it was a good example of a certain architectural style. Didn't that godawful public health building at Broad and Lombard receive historical designation for the exact same reason? I don't recall here anyone supporting that decision.
Look, I'm not saying the United Way building is hideous or unworthy or recognition. I just don't think it rises to the threshold of preservation forever. On another note, I mentioned a couple weeks ago some projects going on in Rox/Manyunk. Here are two pics I snapped the other day: This is a near-complete apartment building on Terrace Street: https://s9.postimg.cc/43160ez17/Terrace_St.jpg And here is a project in the heart of Roxborough's commercial district along Ridge Ave. According to the L&I notice, it's going to be ground floor retail with 27 units on floors 2-4. https://s9.postimg.cc/g4wjunvfv/Ridge_Ave.jpg This is what the site used to look like: https://goo.gl/maps/SzQnVcztYFR2 |
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Anyway, I just don't like the building. I would redesign it if it were up to me. But of course it isn't. |
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^Well I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I can tell you City Hall Philadelphia is one of the greatest buildings in North America, and a treasure for this city.
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Ori Feibush plans homes and shops at Chocolate Factory site in South Philly
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Courtesy of Reddit (had to resize it: https://i.redd.it/x607i914nos01.jpg)
https://i.imgur.com/fOjmnGS.jpg?1 The new fountains in LOVE Park have been turned on yesterday and today, they are shooting quite a bit of water outside of the area which flows down the sidewalk. |
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Temple's new library is pretty far along now. Photos could have been better, but it is what it is.
https://i.imgur.com/WA5Ypyoh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/bTGeepoh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/URskVndh.jpg Rendering with the building to the right tore down and replaced by a new central green https://news.temple.edu/sites/news/f...ew_small_1.jpg The overbuild along Liacouras Walk is pretty far along now https://i.imgur.com/MN2kelMh.jpg Rendering of the finished building https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/0Ejg...g_south_.0.jpg |
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Also interesting to note that the person who made the City register application, in this context, is an OCF employee. Quote:
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By the way, the Second Empire style is the bulk of Paris' urban vernacular, as it hit its peak right about when Haussman rammed his boulevards through most of the city. So you could say City Hall has a particularly Parisian feel about it. French-y! |
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The previous developer, who presented preliminary plans to the community in November, proposed to rehab all of the older structures and demolish newer, mostly cinderblock, portions from the 60s (see diagram in nomination linked below for year of construction of each portion). OCF intends to retain only a very small section, which includes a smokestack encrusted with cell phone antennae. Can't kill that cash cow. http://www.phila.gov/historical/Docu...Nomination.pdf |
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If the problem persists when the fountain's at all turned on, then that's a total drainage fail and looking from above that might be on the landscape architect. |
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Montréal's city hall https://www.quebecoriginal.com/en/li...e-montreal.jpg Baltimore's city hall https://technical.ly/baltimore/wp-co..._City_Hall.jpg St. Louis' Old Post Office https://www.theclio.com/web/ul/13550.23884.jpg the Palais Garnier https://cdn.pariscityvision.com/medi...06e0e0a08.jpeg the Monte Carlo http://www.hoteldeparismontecarlo.co...2014/09/HP.jpg and the Brussels Stock Exchange http://www.internationalmeetingsrevi...beertemple.jpg among many other buildings of the type are all also anachronistic, which is something of a hard pill to swallow since the vast majority of buildings of this type are widely considered beloved civic icons. |
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