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Originally Posted by Redddog
Walked by this site yesterday.
Absolutely criminal that this was allowed to happen.
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Yea, even if you entirely set asside the history and that this is an iconic Philly block, this is just so inexcusable. I said it from the beginning because it was just so plain as day, they rushed to demolish the buildings because they were afraid a future court ruling could prevent them from demoing. They were not ready to build, but they rushed to demo to improve the value of their land as an investment. This should not be allowed.
If you're going to take down usable buildings, there needs to be the expectation that new construction will begin to replace them in a reasonable amount of time and if the company fails to deliver, they should be fined severely for every day constriction does not start.