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Jelly Roll Jan 12, 2013 4:25 AM

I am loving the look of this.

TechTalkGuy Jan 12, 2013 4:53 AM

:previous: Interesting find! :tup:

summersm343 Jan 12, 2013 6:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jelly Roll (Post 5970327)
I am loving the look of this.

I like the look of it too

miesian Jan 12, 2013 11:57 PM

Very nice infill! Just right for the street. :tup:

PHL10 Jan 14, 2013 2:47 PM

Summers, once again, kick-butt job on all these updates!

I have to say, that despite the consistent negative reaction that the Hilton on Arch is getting, I really don’t hate it. Based on its scale and color, it fills the corner but also seems to disappear in the background.

Add me to the list of people that is loving the Samson so far.

Cro Burnham Jan 14, 2013 4:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PHL10 (Post 5972268)
Summers, once again, kick-butt job on all these updates!

I have to say, that despite the consistent negative reaction that the Hilton on Arch is getting, I really don’t hate it. Based on its scale and color, it fills the corner but also seems to disappear in the background.

The biggest problem with the Hilton is that the facade material is so obviously CHEAP. You can stick a pencil through it. Try for fun if you want.

If they just used a better facade material, say light weight insulated aluminum panels (like Sansom) it would be tolerable. But the EIFS is just nasty cheap crap.

summersm343 Jan 14, 2013 6:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PHL10 (Post 5972268)
Summers, once again, kick-butt job on all these updates!

I have to say, that despite the consistent negative reaction that the Hilton on Arch is getting, I really don’t hate it. Based on its scale and color, it fills the corner but also seems to disappear in the background.

Add me to the list of people that is loving the Samson so far.

No problem :tup:

I hate the facade on the Hilton building, but I love that is a 9 story hotel, with ground floor retail that will bring constantly vitality to the street that is replacing a surface parking lot :cheers:

Kidphilly Jan 16, 2013 5:32 PM

http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/...-district-plan

Kidphilly Jan 16, 2013 6:11 PM

http://nakedphilly.com/pennsport/wax...-south-philly/

phillyskyline Jan 17, 2013 4:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by summersm343 (Post 5970158)

Thanks for all your updates Summer! The Hilton has to be one of the ugliest buildings I have seen rise here in Philly in sometime. Cheap facade as some of you have mentioned along with a bland box design and I can't believe there are no windows at that intersection, way to bring a sense of vibrancy in that area.

philatonian Jan 23, 2013 3:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phillyskyline (Post 5976597)
Thanks for all your updates Summer! The Hilton has to be one of the ugliest buildings I have seen rise here in Philly in sometime. Cheap facade as some of you have mentioned along with a bland box design and I can't believe there are no windows at that intersection, way to bring a sense of vibrancy in that area.

This had to have been built from some kind of stock plans. I can't imagine an architecture firm even considered this location before designing this. I wouldn't be surprised if they'd never even been there.

aro1419 Jan 26, 2013 4:37 AM

The Granary
 
An update on the Granary from 1/24/13:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8082/8...7f2c2a5a4e.jpg
IMG_0449 by aro1419, on Flickr
Photo by me

Muji Jan 26, 2013 6:49 PM

It's nice to see that the cladding is now going up on the Granary. I'd love to see most of the dead zones between Vine and Spring Garden filled up with projects like this someday. I also wanted to ask, is the building visible from Logan Circle or other parts of Center City?

MusicMan84 Feb 9, 2013 3:50 PM

The Granary, as seen from The Barnes (which is lovely, btw) with some facade going up.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-H...38732fbb1f.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D...c9e48356a2.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_...0a34871b5b.jpg

Kidphilly Feb 9, 2013 5:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Muji (Post 5988856)
It's nice to see that the cladding is now going up on the Granary. I'd love to see most of the dead zones between Vine and Spring Garden filled up with projects like this someday. I also wanted to ask, is the building visible from Logan Circle or other parts of Center City?

I got a look from the Parkway heading into the city and from right about the Franklin Inst. The granary looks large in width (actually visually impressive) but not in height. These types of projects will really start to change the dynamic of this nabe. Also Vetri opening a pizza place on the ground floor of the Granary - seems promising

Insoluble Feb 11, 2013 5:19 PM

I totally agree Kidphilly. The neighborhood has so much potential to be more than it is. I think with the granary, the new grocery store/residential planned for the Best Western, and the new mixed use project planned for the lot next to the Mormon Temple we could be seeing some critical mass here.

It's funny, even though they aren't tall by any means, I think the Granary and The Sansom have been my two favorite projects to hit Philly since the recession started. Both are great urban infill that replaced horrible surface lots. I would be extremely pleased to get several more of these types of projects going.

blorkishdork Feb 11, 2013 5:41 PM

I completely agree Insoluble, it really is turning that part of the city around. My wife always feels the fairmount/art museum area feels detached from the rest of the city (and therefore would rather not move there) because vine to spring garden is so spottily developed and feels like a no-man's land. These developments are definitely changing that feeling. I feel very similarly to the broad and south project. I know many here want a bigger project, but to me it is a great infill project filling an empty lot putting more people on south street. And lets be honest here, it is on the edge of downtown so anything larger would stand out quite a bit (and I just don't think the critical mass for symphony-size height is there yet for this part of south broad street).

Cro Burnham Feb 11, 2013 6:31 PM

once the area around callowhill from broad to 18th fills in, it will instantly make center city feel much larger

summersm343 Feb 12, 2013 1:26 AM

The Sansom

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...32400562_n.jpg

summersm343 Feb 12, 2013 1:31 AM

The Granary with new rendering

http://nakedphilly.com/wp-content/up...39-560x420.jpg

http://nakedphilly.com/wp-content/up...41-560x420.jpg

http://nakedphilly.com/wp-content/up...0250986224.jpg

http://nakedphilly.com/logan-square/...za-from-vetri/


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