PHILADELPHIA | Lowrise/General Developments Thread II

[Londonee]

Originally Posted by BroadandMarket

Wow Septa opened the lower level of the BSL at NRG last night after the Phillies games? They ran express trains apparently from there. To my knowledge they haven't used this platform in 10+ years?

https://x.com/bicycleriiights/status...59073653895297

I’ve never actually seen it in use and I’ve been here since 2007? I remember wondering why they didn’t open it up during the Phillies parade in ‘08. There were 1mm people on Broad Street and the subway platforms were 40 people deep. If they weren’t going to use it for that I figured they’d never open it up again…

[El Duderino]

Originally Posted by Londonee

I’ve never actually seen it in use and I’ve been here since 2007? I remember wondering why they didn’t open it up during the Phillies parade in ‘08. There were 1mm people on Broad Street and the subway platforms were 40 people deep. If they weren’t going to use it for that I figured they’d never open it up again…

i hope there is a guerilla team of engineering nerds who just sneak into infrastructure in the middle of the night and take care of the things Philly won't...

...though if there was a group like that, they'd probably be on this board already.

[yuryphilly]

So much action around 2nd and Spring Garden, the whole area will feel completely different soon

[ScreamShatter]

^ Everything down Spring Garden and onto Del Ave is on fire. They need to keep the higher density going and let everything between Vine and Spring Garden stay 10+ stories. I’m actually surprised we haven’t seen any 30+ stories proposals make it to build yet given the housing shortage.

[SEFTA]

Mayor Parker thinks Philly can learn something from the Atlanta Braves — about mixed-use development

the Battery by , on Flickr

Clout suggested to the mayor that the Battery looks an awful lot like the Comcast Spectacor proposal for South Philly.
She didn’t disagree.

“Where you stand on the issue depends on where you sit,” she said.
“Where I sit, I want to see as much economic opportunity as possible here in the city of Philadelphia, so I don’t view projects as competing against one another.”

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/cl...-20240524.html

[chimpskibot]

Anyone see this? https://www.bisnow.com/philadelphia/...st-year-124348

Looks like a lot of optimism that all of the new units in the Riverwards/NoLibs will be absorbed. The vacancy rate is also still declining which is good but concerning. Hopefully we will see denser projects below Lehigh and new infill above Lehigh.

[Radio5]

Originally Posted by ScreamShatter

^ Everything down Spring Garden and onto Del Ave is on fire. They need to keep the higher density going and let everything between Vine and Spring Garden stay 10+ stories. I’m actually surprised we haven’t seen any 30+ stories proposals make it to build yet given the housing shortage.

Housing shortage? Where'd you read that? Pretty sure we have a little bit of an over supply of apartments if anything. But still agree with your sentiments

[ScreamShatter]

Originally Posted by Radio5

Housing shortage? Where'd you read that? Pretty sure we have a little bit of an over supply of apartments if anything. But still agree with your sentiments

US, in general, has a shortage of new homes to buy. Given apartment rates are ticking up again in the city, some extra supply would go a long ways in terms of helping the market become more affordable.

[PhillyPDX]

Paywall, but this has Philly ranked as the #4 life sciences hub:

https://www.bizjournals.com/philadel...-rankings.html

[Philly Fan]

Originally Posted by PhillyPDX

Paywall, but this has Philly ranked as the #4 life sciences hub:

https://www.bizjournals.com/philadel...-rankings.html

Top 10:

1. Boston
2. San Francisco Bay Area
3. San Diego
4. Philly
5. New Jersey (longtime epicenter of Big Pharma)
6. New York City
7. Seattle
8. Raleigh/Durham (i.e., the Research Triangle)
9. Suburban Maryland (home of NIH, etc.)
10. Chicago

[TonyTone]

New Speed Bumps have been added to Delaware Ave by the piers.

Ive said it for years that if Philly needs to add speed bumps across the whole city just like NYC does, and now we finally are.

Shout out to Penn Dot, Streets & Mayor Parker for Bringing the city into the 21st Century

[PhillyPDX]

Originally Posted by Philly Fan

Top 10:

1. Boston
2. San Francisco Bay Area
3. San Diego
4. Philly
5. New Jersey (longtime epicenter of Big Pharma)
6. New York City
7. Seattle
8. Raleigh/Durham (i.e., the Research Triangle)
9. Suburban Maryland (home of NIH, etc.)
10. Chicago

Pretty impressive when you consider the Philly-NJ-NYC corridor acts as one giant center. I knew people in CC that commuted to some big pharma companies in central NJ. Juggernaut when you look at the combined area.

[TK2001]

2300 Market by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr

2300 Market by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr
2300 Market by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr

[Justin7]

Thanks for the photo updates, TK.

[PHL10]

Originally Posted by Philly Fan

Top 10:

1. Boston
2. San Francisco Bay Area
3. San Diego
4. Philly
5. New Jersey (longtime epicenter of Big Pharma)
6. New York City
7. Seattle
8. Raleigh/Durham (i.e., the Research Triangle)
9. Suburban Maryland (home of NIH, etc.)
10. Chicago

I'm hoping that you wrote "Philly" and the article didn't refer to the City/Area like that in the rankings.

[cardeza]

Originally Posted by TonyTone

New Speed Bumps have been added to Delaware Ave by the piers.

Ive said it for years that if Philly needs to add speed bumps across the whole city just like NYC does, and now we finally are.

Shout out to Penn Dot, Streets & Mayor Parker for Bringing the city into the 21st Century

The pace of installation has increased recently. My brother moved to MD 3 years ago and was commenting (in a negative way) on all the speed humps in Philly now. I get the sense that public sentiment has shifted and people are somewhere between ambivalent and happy to see them, but less people are against them than in the past. I tried to get them on my street and several neighbors were opposed.

[BroadandMarket]

https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/...t-fare-jumpers


"Revenue has doubled at 69th Street station since SEPTA installed gates that hinder fare-jumpers, officials say"


Okay I've seen enough, stop the pilot and immediately start installing these EVERYWHERE. I know they're broke but this is a massive solution for the L. It generates revenue while keeping addicts off. Septa's goal shouldn't be cleaning the trains more and removing homeless, it should be limiting them from ever getting on in the first placce. If someone gets on at Somerset, camps out, litters trash and needles, it gets cleaned at 69th street station. The goal is to limit it from ever happening.

I was always positive that Septa's fare evasion estimates were low. When I ride the L, I see about 50% of people pay and that's exactly what 69th street station pilot has proven.

[TonyTone]

Originally Posted by cardeza

The pace of installation has increased recently. My brother moved to MD 3 years ago and was commenting (in a negative way) on all the speed humps in Philly now. I get the sense that public sentiment has shifted and people are somewhere between ambivalent and happy to see them, but less people are against them than in the past. I tried to get them on my street and several neighbors were opposed.

People oppose speed bumps because it actually makes you slow down, that is unless you want to decrease the life span of your struts and wheels hubs

It's an easy cheap solution to slow people down, the more we add the more people get used to them, also they keep everyone safe, the speeding issues in the city are a problem because the city is so dense.

[Redddog]

Originally Posted by BroadandMarket

https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/...t-fare-jumpers


"Revenue has doubled at 69th Street station since SEPTA installed gates that hinder fare-jumpers, officials say"


Okay I've seen enough, stop the pilot and immediately start installing these EVERYWHERE. I know they're broke but this is a massive solution for the L. It generates revenue while keeping addicts off. Septa's goal shouldn't be cleaning the trains more and removing homeless, it should be limiting them from ever getting on in the first placce. If someone gets on at Somerset, camps out, litters trash and needles, it gets cleaned at 69th street station. The goal is to limit it from ever happening.

I was always positive that Septa's fare evasion estimates were low. When I ride the L, I see about 50% of people pay and that's exactly what 69th street station pilot has proven.

+1. This is such an obvious necessity it almost doesn't need to be said.

[PurpleWhiteOut]

Originally Posted by BroadandMarket

https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/...t-fare-jumpers


"Revenue has doubled at 69th Street station since SEPTA installed gates that hinder fare-jumpers, officials say"


Okay I've seen enough, stop the pilot and immediately start installing these EVERYWHERE. I know they're broke but this is a massive solution for the L. It generates revenue while keeping addicts off. Septa's goal shouldn't be cleaning the trains more and removing homeless, it should be limiting them from ever getting on in the first placce. If someone gets on at Somerset, camps out, litters trash and needles, it gets cleaned at 69th street station. The goal is to limit it from ever happening.

I was always positive that Septa's fare evasion estimates were low. When I ride the L, I see about 50% of people pay and that's exactly what 69th street station pilot has proven.

Yep, when I wait at a center city stop, it's 50% paying at best. Even worse, it's included well dressed people with shopping bags who can obviously pay.