thanks for that picture Swinefeld. Puts things in a little more perspective.
There's actually enough room between 95 and the river there to put in some semblance of a functional community, especially with the a solidly filled-in Northern Liberties on the other side of the highway. If all this goes to plan, I think a lot of people, including myself, are going to have to rethink the way we view the layout of the city. That whole area- Old City, NoLibs, Fishtown- I look at as kind of out of the way, off to the side. It would be really interesting if it became a major center of activity, it's probably the area of the waterfront with the best chance to do so as things presently stand. Maybe something like the Newport area in Jersey City, but with less offices and more residential?
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Last edited by LostInTheZone; Feb 1, 2007 at 9:38 PM.
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