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Old Posted Jan 27, 2023, 7:31 PM
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The best development news of the week! Officially a go! I wish this could get its own thread.

Condo project at Dilworth house in Society Hill is underway after two decades of strife

https://www.inquirer.com/real-estate...-20230127.html

More than two decades after John Turchi purchased Mayor Richardson Dilworth’s former home on Washington Square, construction is underway at 223 S. Sixth St.

After years of legal battles, Turchi won the right to build a 12-story condo building while preserving part of the older house just before the pandemic began. But the project being built today is slightly different from the version that won city approvals in 2019, having been shrunk from 10 units to nine.
And now a new owner will see it through.

The units will range between 2,600 and 5,000 square feet. Shaaban said that it was too soon to say exactly what the prices for individual units would be, but that they would be “in line” with the company’s other products. These range, he said, from $800 a square foot to $1,500 a square foot. That would put the largest unit between $4 million and $7.5 million, with the high end more likely.

Construction began in the fall and is expected to be completed within 24 months. The total project cost will be about $32 million.
awesome news, I really like this project (probably unlike my NIMBY neighbors)...Now if they could just do something to beautify Hopkinson House, what an eyesore!
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Old Posted Jan 27, 2023, 8:11 PM
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TBH, the Boulevard Subway needs to be a project that both SEPTA and PennDOT partner on. As it stands, Roosevelt Boulevard works for no one: pedestrians, cyclists, transit users, or even motorists. The solution is simple: The inner lanes of the Boulevard need to be buried between 9th Street and the city line, with PennDOT allowing space for a culvert carrying a Boulevard Subway. Simultaneously, the outer lanes of the Boulevard could receive a road diet, bike lanes, and pedestrian improvements. This solution would work for all users: the 100,000+ projected riders in the Northeast would finally have a proper rail connection to Center City, pedestrian and cyclist safety would increase exponentially, and motorists looking to quickly traverse the Northeast would have a much better trip.

Also, the BSL is nowhere near as bad as the El. I live in the Northwest and take the Regional Rail or buses into the city now. I recently took the El from 30th Street to Girard to enjoy a night out in Fishtown. I could NOT believe how bad it has become on the El: the cars are wholly unsanitary. The El wasn't even this bad when I was growing up in West Philly in the 2000s. The BSL feels a lot cleaner to me (although it can still get dirty), and at least we have acquired grant funding to make a significant portion of the BSL stops ADA accessible. I completely agree that 13th, 11th, and 8th Street need work. At this point, even 2nd Street doesn't look as good as it did pre-pandemic.
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Old Posted Jan 27, 2023, 9:31 PM
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Besides City Hall Station the BSL is nothing compared to the MFL. The MFL is vile, even through the heart of center city. 13th, 11th and 8th are bad.
Yeah the El is gross, but idk if you've seen the stations in north Philly, I mean structurally they look like they could collapse on you. Some of them have mystery dripping that make stalagmites on the floor.
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Old Posted Jan 27, 2023, 9:40 PM
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Old Posted Jan 27, 2023, 10:34 PM
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From an infrastructure standpoint, the BSL is one of the finest subways in the country. There are only two other cities with 4 track subways: Chicago and NYC. And only SF comes close in terms of speed, at 70 mph.
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Old Posted Jan 28, 2023, 12:02 AM
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From an infrastructure standpoint, the BSL is one of the finest subways in the country. There are only two other cities with 4 track subways: Chicago and NYC. And only SF comes close in terms of speed, at 70 mph.
Isn't Chicago's four track elevated? I thought the four track subways in NA were limited to NY and Philly.
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Old Posted Jan 28, 2023, 12:03 AM
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Isn't Chicago's four track elevated? I thought the four track subways in NA were limited to NY and Philly.
Sorry, I was using subway and metro interchangeably. You're right, Chicago's is on an embankment.
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Old Posted Jan 28, 2023, 12:57 PM
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TBH, the Boulevard Subway needs to be a project that both SEPTA and PennDOT partner on. As it stands, Roosevelt Boulevard works for no one: pedestrians, cyclists, transit users, or even motorists. The solution is simple: The inner lanes of the Boulevard need to be buried between 9th Street and the city line, with PennDOT allowing space for a culvert carrying a Boulevard Subway. Simultaneously, the outer lanes of the Boulevard could receive a road diet, bike lanes, and pedestrian improvements. This solution would work for all users: the 100,000+ projected riders in the Northeast would finally have a proper rail connection to Center City, pedestrian and cyclist safety would increase exponentially, and motorists looking to quickly traverse the Northeast would have a much better trip.

Also, the BSL is nowhere near as bad as the El. I live in the Northwest and take the Regional Rail or buses into the city now. I recently took the El from 30th Street to Girard to enjoy a night out in Fishtown. I could NOT believe how bad it has become on the El: the cars are wholly unsanitary. The El wasn't even this bad when I was growing up in West Philly in the 2000s. The BSL feels a lot cleaner to me (although it can still get dirty), and at least we have acquired grant funding to make a significant portion of the BSL stops ADA accessible. I completely agree that 13th, 11th, and 8th Street need work. At this point, even 2nd Street doesn't look as good as it did pre-pandemic.
Thank you! SEPTA absolutely needs to clean up the El. I have also taken it my whole life growing up it was the 60 from Port Richmond to K&A into Center City and nw work frequently takes me from Center City up to Frankford and the NE. It was always rough around the edges but right now it is an absolute disgrace. While it doesn't get the press as Center City and surrounding neighborhoods, the NE is one of the fastest growing parts of the city that would absolutely benefit from a subway in more ways than KOP would with a light rail line.
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Old Posted Jan 28, 2023, 1:23 PM
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Broken record reminder:

Septa is controlled by the suburbs: https://www5.septa.org/about/boards/septa-board/

Richards is Montgomery County: https://www5.septa.org/about/leadership/

The reason for the KoP rail boondogle is not mystery. The system is broken.
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Sorry, I was using subway and metro interchangeably. You're right, Chicago's is on an embankment.
The north side main of the Cta that carries the Red and Purple lines as well as a part of the Brown line is on a steel elevated structure from the start of the 4-track main north of the subway portal and on embankment north of the Wilson station. So just around 4 miles of 4-track elevated structure.
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Old Posted Jan 28, 2023, 4:26 PM
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The north side main of the Cta that carries the Red and Purple lines as well as a part of the Brown line is on a steel elevated structure from the start of the 4-track main north of the subway portal and on embankment north of the Wilson station. So just around 4 miles of 4-track elevated structure.
Once you get up towards Granville, Loyola, etc. is it not on an embankment?
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It's on an embankment north of Wilson.
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Broken record reminder:

Septa is controlled by the suburbs: https://www5.septa.org/about/boards/septa-board/

Richards is Montgomery County: https://www5.septa.org/about/leadership/

The reason for the KoP rail boondogle is not mystery. The system is broken.
I kinda think she was put in that position to dismantle septa
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Old Posted Jan 28, 2023, 9:25 PM
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Broken record reminder:

Septa is controlled by the suburbs: https://www5.septa.org/about/boards/septa-board/

Richards is Montgomery County: https://www5.septa.org/about/leadership/

The reason for the KoP rail boondogle is not mystery. The system is broken.
There should at least be proportional representation by county population.
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Septa is controlled by the suburbs: https://www5.septa.org/about/boards/septa-board/

Richards is Montgomery County: https://www5.septa.org/about/leadership/

The reason for the KoP rail boondogle is not mystery. The system is broken.
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TBH, the Boulevard Subway needs to be a project that both SEPTA and PennDOT partner on. As it stands, Roosevelt Boulevard works for no one: pedestrians, cyclists, transit users, or even motorists. The solution is simple: The inner lanes of the Boulevard need to be buried between 9th Street and the city line, with PennDOT allowing space for a culvert carrying a Boulevard Subway. Simultaneously, the outer lanes of the Boulevard could receive a road diet, bike lanes, and pedestrian improvements. This solution would work for all users: the 100,000+ projected riders in the Northeast would finally have a proper rail connection to Center City, pedestrian and cyclist safety would increase exponentially, and motorists looking to quickly traverse the Northeast would have a much better trip.

Also, the BSL is nowhere near as bad as the El. I live in the Northwest and take the Regional Rail or buses into the city now. I recently took the El from 30th Street to Girard to enjoy a night out in Fishtown. I could NOT believe how bad it has become on the El: the cars are wholly unsanitary. The El wasn't even this bad when I was growing up in West Philly in the 2000s. The BSL feels a lot cleaner to me (although it can still get dirty), and at least we have acquired grant funding to make a significant portion of the BSL stops ADA accessible. I completely agree that 13th, 11th, and 8th Street need work. At this point, even 2nd Street doesn't look as good as it did pre-pandemic.
All the main MFL users can do is report the dirtyness and hope Septa cleans it up. I haven't seen a single leader come forward with a plan to keep the MFL clean and not have the homeless people sit in the stairwells. I would love to feel safe on the MFL but the opposite is happening. Some political leader will have to address this one day and the solutions are not going to be pretty.
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Broken record reminder:

Septa is controlled by the suburbs: https://www5.septa.org/about/boards/septa-board/

Richards is Montgomery County: https://www5.septa.org/about/leadership/

The reason for the KoP rail boondogle is not mystery. The system is broken.
There is a lot of truth to that.
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All the main MFL users can do is report the dirtyness and hope Septa cleans it up. I haven't seen a single leader come forward with a plan to keep the MFL clean and not have the homeless people sit in the stairwells. I would love to feel safe on the MFL but the opposite is happening. Some political leader will have to address this one day and the solutions are not going to be pretty.
SEPTA is trying, there are no easy solutions and it doesn't help that there is no leadership in City Hall to formulate a strong response- think about it- the City has made minimal progress on QOL issues in Kensington so if they cant fix that they certainly arent doing much to help SEPTA combat the side effects of the Kensington mess visible on the MFL.

https://www5.septa.org/scope-program/
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Old Posted Jan 30, 2023, 6:47 PM
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Not sure if these were ever posted but these interviews regarding the record growth of PhilaPort are really good. Happy to see my tax dollars going towards this.

https://youtu.be/GBb91Ispz0I
https://youtu.be/9nDPs0ldDI4
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Non development related, but this such a classic Gym move…

Helen Gym denounced the Union League. A week later she attended a cocktail party at the club.

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/cl..._medium=social
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