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Skintreesnail · #**881** Posted **Jun 17, 2018, 6:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by jsbrook

If only...that said, what they should do is landscape the median with grass, plants/flowers, and trees from City Hall to Pine. I have been talking to Paul Biedemann, who heads up Friends of the Avenue of the Arts, about this. Work on the median is a goal.

That would be great, kind of like Michigan Ave in Chicago.

578 N Michigan Ave

jsbrook · #**882** Posted **Jun 17, 2018, 7:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by Skintreesnail

That would be great, kind of like Michigan Ave in Chicago.

578 N Michigan Ave

Or Park Avenue in New York:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/41...!4d-73.9714669

Park Avenue median looks a bit wider, which probably makes landscaping easier, but South Broad is still wide enough to fit a little bulldozer... https://www.google.com/maps/place/10...!4d-75.1645249

SEFTA · #**883** Posted **Jun 17, 2018, 7:20 PM**

I would landscape the median but I wouldn't plant trees. I wouldn't want to block the iconic view looking toward City Hall.

jsbrook · #**884** Posted **Jun 17, 2018, 7:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by SEFTA

I would landscape the median but I wouldn't plant trees. I wouldn't want to block the iconic view looking toward City Hall.

I don't think trees would do that. At least maybe if they don't start till Walnut. Pics next to a weeping cherry with City Hall in the background would look nice in wedding photos!

City Wide · #**885** Posted **Jun 17, 2018, 8:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by jsbrook

I don't think trees would do that. At least maybe if they don't start till Walnut. Pics next to a weeping cherry with City Hall in the background would look nice in wedding photos!

Don't forget that the subway and its concourse (down to around Pine St.) so there might not be much in the way of a natural environment such as soil and drainage for a tree to live in.

City Wide · #**886** Posted **Jun 17, 2018, 8:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by iheartphilly

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some medians should be left for emergency or law enforcement vehicles to make a u-turn in case there's an emergency and a u-turn cannot be made at an intersection.

Why can't the cops make an illegal U-turn at the intersections like the rest of us clowns do?

TechTalkGuy · #**887** Posted **Jun 17, 2018, 9:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by jsbrook

If only...that said, what they should do is landscape the median with grass, plants/flowers, and trees from City Hall to Pine. I have been talking to Paul Biedemann, who heads up Friends of the Avenue of the Arts, about this. Work on the median is a goal.

Hey, it works on Park Ave, so why not?

jsbrook · #**888** Posted **Jun 18, 2018, 1:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by City Wide

Don't forget that the subway and its concourse (down to around Pine St.) so there might not be much in the way of a natural environment such as soil and drainage for a tree to live in.

Could be. But pretty sure all of Park Avenue from 47th to 97th Streets runs above Metro-North Railroad tracks, which run in a tunnel underneath. That has to pose logistical challenges as well. May we manage to get funding like they did...

jsbrook · #**889** Posted **Jun 18, 2018, 1:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by TechTalkGuy

Hey, it works on Park Ave, so why not?

Yep. The flowers and greenery in the median of Park Avenue are privately maintained by the Fund for Park Avenue. But something similar is being looked at here too.

Redddog · #**890** Posted **Jun 18, 2018, 1:16 PM**

I wish they could continue those awesome mast light poles they put on north broad.

How great did those turn out? Amiright?

McBane · #**891** Posted **Jun 18, 2018, 1:25 PM**

Or, right in our backyard, the lovely median of Spring Garden Street.

Landscaped medians, not one of our city's strong points.

Skintreesnail · #**892** Posted **Jun 18, 2018, 2:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by McBane

Or, right in our backyard, the lovely median of Spring Garden Street.

Landscaped medians, not one of our city's strong points.

still nicer than the Broad street median though...

City Wide · #**893** Posted **Jun 18, 2018, 3:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Redddog

I wish they could continue those awesome mast light poles they put on north broad.

How great did those turn out? Amiright?

They have turned out to be such a success, and dirt cheap at about $2M each, that they should get planted all over the City. I sure tourists from wide and far will come racing in to see our------flag poles?

Does Park Ave. NYC have real trees planted?

Mr Saturn64 · #**894** Posted **Jun 18, 2018, 7:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by jsbrook

Yes, the popup with the sod is done every year(right on Broad, as in the intersection itself) as part of PIFA. For one day, which was last Saturday. The photo fence has been up for ages. Not sure what anyone else is talking about.

With that in mind, I should report that I heard what sounded like construction while I walked by the Photo Fence.

TechTalkGuy · #**895** Posted **Jun 19, 2018, 1:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by City Wide

They have turned out to be such a success, and dirt cheap at about $2M each, that they should get planted all over the City. I sure tourists from wide and far will come racing in to see our------flag poles?

Does Park Ave. NYC have real trees planted?

Yes it does and it’s beautiful.

Flag Poles?

iheartphilly · #**896** Posted **Jun 19, 2018, 1:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by City Wide

They have turned out to be such a success, and dirt cheap at about $2M each, that they should get planted all over the City. I sure tourists from wide and far will come racing in to see our------flag poles?

Does Park Ave. NYC have real trees planted?

For 2MM a pop, there should be something protective around it beside a 6 inch curb median. Maybe a decorative concrete planter with some nice plants surrounding it. I thought from a while back there was some green beautification that was suppose to happen along broad street from city hall to at least temple u main campus.

jsbrook · #**897** Posted **Jun 19, 2018, 4:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by City Wide

Does Park Ave. NYC have real trees planted?

Yes. I posted a link around the 400 block in the 50s.

El Duderino · #**898** Posted **Jul 2, 2018, 6:04 PM**

New zoning/use permit as of 6/21: https://li.phila.gov/#details?entity...S%20BROAD%20ST

An additional couple floors are being added from the previous iteration (seems to be smaller than the original proposal), which I doubt anyone is too upset about B-) Also, it still looks like there is a hotel component? This conflicts with the other intel we've heard, but definitely encouraging seeing this still making moves.

TechTalkGuy · #**899** Posted **Jul 2, 2018, 9:56 PM**

This project is crawling as slow as rush-hour traffic.

eixample · #**900** Posted **Jul 2, 2018, 11:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by jsbrook

Yes. I posted a link around the 400 block in the 50s.

It has been awhile since I lived in NYC, but I don't think Park Avenue and most other avenues have a '400 block,' but instead the 400 street numbers stretch over multiple blocks.