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Best view I have of the site so far LOL....
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29...pscbde292c.jpg ....the two blue faced rowhouses. (Family Court rising in the background) |
This is a neat building!
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So far I like 3/4 of this building, hopefully that mostly blank wall will be hidden by any future development on the adjacent parking lot.
While the blue houses are old I hope no one tries to claim they are historic, a historic building needs either size, significance or context and at this point these buildings have lost all of their context. |
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Ideally, you keep the two rowhomes intact and build on the empty lot. I think those rowhomes would look really neat wedged between the modern high rises.
Do I care enough to get all NIMBY about it? Nope. Build on! |
This is certainly...interesting, creative, and original.
Where's the rest of the building? It sure is squeezed in that small amount of space. The floor plans have got to be small. I'm all for progress and seeing it get built. I just hope it doesn't adopt the name, "the doily building". Another blogger described it like that, and I'm afraid he/she is spot on. It will be interesting to see how the façade/wall turns out. :) |
.....and people in Family Court will be able to see you walking around in your undies.
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That would be cherry if built the way it is shown in the rendering..:tup::cool::cool::tup:
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The glass is strange looking on it, sort of art nouvaish.
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Is there a height limit in this area? It always bothers me that they construct these buildings that are the same height next to each other. It's bad enough the Family Court is the same height as the building next door but now the put another one next to them.
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No decision from the ZBA as of now. They are waiting to hear back from the Planning Commission on their recommendation for the lot.
http://www.phillyliving.com/blog/201...-street-tower/ |
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I'm more curious about the office space on floors 2 through 8. These are fairly small floor plates I would imagine so I'm guessing they are targeting small start up firms? Is there a reason they don't go all residential? I'm not complaining about the added office space, I'm just a bit surprised. I suppose it's a good sign of the office sector making a comeback. |
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Rowhomes on the site of this project are being demolished.
Thanks to new member Vince for the photo http://i.imgur.com/Le9y2Iz.jpg |
Im right in front of this and had no idea the demo started, then again I dont usually walk north on 16th. This project has really been under the radar.
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How likely is this tower? The rendering looked really experimental. Is funding in place? Is the apartment developer leveling these houses, or are they being demolished by the original owner for speculative future development? I hope it happens. We don't need another surface lot.
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If it is being built this is a really quick turn around time. The building was only proposed in April or at least that's when we heard of it.
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It looks like the lot is completely demolished. Anyone know if this is getting built now?
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update: nothing is going on. There is construction going on in the street right now that actually has access to the site blocked. A contractor is doing utility and light pole foundation work related to family court on this block. |
Nothing new, although you can rent ...what looks to be an office cubicle (1) - for $400 a month across the street.
[IMG]https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3878/...f87ecc5d_z.jpg004 by TallCoolOne2014, on Flickr[/IMG] [IMG]https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3868/...08e45f22_z.jpg003 by TallCoolOne2014, on Flickr[/IMG] [IMG]https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3903/...fa146f31_z.jpg005 by TallCoolOne2014, on Flickr[/IMG] |
It absolutely baffles me that the city doesn't sell them the parking lot and the small strip of land next to this so they can just develop the entire thing with a new highrise :???:
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Not sure if this project is dead but I hadn't seen this render of the facade on their website previously; strange building.
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Those images have been on the site for many months now. It certainly doesnt appear that anything is happening with this project- which makes me wonder why the buildings were demolished so quickly last summer.
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I hope it’s not dead as they tore down two well maintained and perfectly functional 19th century row homes.
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From LSNA
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I kinda like that facade treatment. It's an interesting departure from the typical wall of blue glass. That being said, something about these renderings says, "I'm trying to flip this property," to me.
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Well the parking lot has been paved over and has a "for rent" sign on it, so I think it's safe to say this proposal is dead. Along with two old townhouses for no-good-reason.
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wow.
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The developers should get a fine or some punishment for things like this.:hell:
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