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Old Posted Sep 16, 2016, 1:01 PM
McBane McBane is offline
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I think this location is great for this type of project. I'm not sure that the Columbus Blvd will ever be developed in a way that people mistake it for one of Center City's intimate streets. The city can try as will but it can't control the fact that most properties are too large for small-scale organic development; the highway-like, anti-pedestrian feel of Columbus Blvd; or the way in which 95 cuts off the area from the rest of Center City.

I could really envision a Reston Town Center type development working here (including some office space). Is that type of development (with their banal architecture and chain restaurants) truly urban and unique? No but I think it fits here and would appeal to certain people.

That said, this is most likely a pipe dream.
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