This project is hideous.
Here is a project that has clearance at 9th + Washington which is a much better fit for this area of the city. This should be the template for Broad + Washington, perhaps 9 stories instead of 5. I love driving up South Broad to Washington Ave, the row homes are uniform, orderly, and fairly well kept but it all turns to trash from Washington to say Christian. This intersection needs a low to mid level classy gateway to Center City not a mutant skyscraper village.Ugh!!!!.
Blatstein is talking about building a replica of a town n France Aix-en-Provence on the podium of this monstosity. If thats what you want to do then just build the replica village. Dont do the replica village on the podium of a 36 story tower.