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Originally Posted by TonyTone
Why wouldn't construction near a sidewalk trigger a covering/chute for the sidewalk instead of closing it off in a city?
IE : NYC?? CHICAGO?? Phily really is stuck in the 80's.
How many more years before we turn into a mini NY
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Philly allows it to happen. But I do think it's a bit different for a brand new building than a renovation, which is where you see covered sidewalks in NYC. Once the exterior is done, you should be required to open and cover the sidewalk. Seems like it would be easy to do from a regulation standpoint.
It seems like there are thousands of "low-hanging fruit" regulations that Philly could pass to make the city better but they are buried under "harder to accomplish" proposals that gum up the works.
Maybe if they flipped the stack and worked from the bottom, we'd be a little happier.
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