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Originally Posted by cardeza
this is much better than what was there before.
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You could say this about 99% of development in this city but this might be the rare instance where this isn't true since this replaced an existing RiteAid.
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Originally Posted by cardeza
this is much better than what was there before and a lot of ground floor retail in these areas ends up empty. There isn't tons of foot traffic in many of these areas outside of CC or more developed adjacent neighborhoods.
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This is literally a block from the Broad Street and Girard intersection. There is plenty of foot traffic here and there will be even more once the numerous developments nearby are finished.
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Originally Posted by cardeza
Also, people act like zoning guarantees that a developer will build the largest possible building at a particular site- it doesn't. They are going to build what makes the most financial sense and there is a reason there is an explosion of 7 story mostly wood buildings around the country. Its max height where you can use wood in most cases and that saves $$ which is why everyone is doing it.
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You're talking about a building where one of the means of egress for the bedrooms is an interior wall window into the living rooms. You can't seriously believe they're not building to their max height here
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Originally Posted by cardeza
these kinds of projects are happening all over Phily and the US. It has nothing to do with Clarke and what zoning he supports. This is very similar to the new buildings going up on Ridge ave near Calumet right now as well as countless others in North Philly and Kensington. They are called 5+1 structures with steel on first level and then 5 or 6 wood framed floors above. If you notice outside of CC proper you are not seeing a ton of 10+ story residential buildings going up.
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They're literally talking about one of the plots mentioned by address in
Clarke's zoning bill.....
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Originally Posted by chimpskibot
I dont think it has anything to do with the height, but rather the density, lack of ground floor retail, mandatory parking minimums and that every unit is a 1bd. This is just a terrible development overall and it looks like a placeholder for a future project when the girard corridor is able to be activated via denser zoning.
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Downzoning a parcel impacts literally everything you listed lol