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Originally Posted by cardeza
There is new housing in areas outside of the core of the city- the developments in places like Roxborough or Manayunk are not identical to what you get in South Philly. You will see things such as 1 or 2 car garages, front driveways, decently sized rear yards or shared rear driveways on these homes. Outside of CC and the adjacent older neighborhoods people EXPECT parking with their new home or apt. There was a big battle in Mt Airy over a proposed apt building and the limited parking planned in the original proposal. Even older apt buildings in the NW and NE parts of the city often come with ample parking. I think post brothers is building a multi-story garage for their conversion near 9th and Poplar. Not to mention the huge garage going up at 1300 Fairmount- only 10 blocks or so from the PHA site.
Check out the parking provided here by MM partners
https://philly.curbed.com/2019/8/30/...ject-the-civic |
We're not talking about outside the core. We're talking queen village. A suburban style development is just as out of place as a high rise, maybe more so.
It seems we agree that the best subsidized housing developments don't stick out and aren't readily apparent as a pha project. I think we just disagree on what stands out. What works well in mount airy won't work closer to the core.