I can't believe theyre still recommending denial based on scale when there's a 10 story building on the SAME block. I like the slide they added that points out all the tall buildings in a few block radius. It looks like a beautiful project and hopefully the full commission will approve it. The area has a very eclectic variation in heights, where I could see denial being better suited to a more homogenous historic district like Spring Garden or Fairmount or something.
I believe this is 1325 Buttonwood St in Callowhill.
I still can't get over this one. The fact that it's next to a particularly beautiful building (the old soup kitchen on the left) is the cherry on top. Was this built specifically for clients who hate sunlight?
Good to see two of my friends just got hired for tech roles at Capital One. They are heavily recruiting from Philly and opening an office here is the right step!
Good to see two of my friends just got hired for tech roles at Capital One. They are heavily recruiting from Philly and opening an office here is the right step!
And TD Bank is doing something interesting in Univ. City:
Something innovative, collaborative and game-changing is in the works at TD Bank's 3735 Walnut Street location in Philadelphia.
Located in the University City district, TD Workshop – TD's first ever retail innovation lab – is set to open on June 16. TD Workshop combines a fully functional store with space designed for researching, collaborating and bringing the community together.
Thoughts? Feel like this would be a huge upgrade over the fashion district
Understatement of the year right here, lol.
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The managing partners of the 76ers are teaming up with Philadelphia apartment developer David J. Adelman and others in a proposal to build a new NBA arena at 10th and Market Streets, which they say will create investment and employment opportunities in a city that needs them.
The Sixers’ Josh Harris and David Blitzer want to demolish a block of the Fashion District Philadelphia (the former Gallery) shopping center and, like other National Basketball Association teams, build atop a key public-transit hub. The block is home to SEPTA’s Jefferson Station and a Market-Frankford subway stop, as well as a short walk from the PATCO trains to South Jersey. It connects to parking garages a short drive from I-95, the Vine Street Expressway, and the Ben Franklin Bridge.
“We are going to have our own Madison Square Garden,” but newer, with a “world-class team in a new shiny arena,” Adelman told The Inquirer before Thursday’s planned announcement.
The $1.3 billion project would take up to nine years to plan and construct. It would be ready by the time the Sixers’ lease expires at the Wells Fargo Center in 2031.
“This is huge,” said Paul Levy, president of the Center City District. It would be “one of the most transit-accessible arenas in the nation.”
Thoughts? Feel like this would be a huge upgrade over the fashion district
Build it. The mall’s footprint is way too big for what’s needed. It’s being privately financed so no pushback against publicly financing it. Great transit connections. Let’s get it going!
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