PHILADELPHIA | Highrise Development Thread IX

[Jawnadelphia]

Sorry if this is overkill ... had some time to kill over at Dilworth, really enjoyed it... didn't seem "stiff" or "uncomfortable" to me. Bunch of pics of my Flickr Philly album... here are some of my favs.

[IMG]IMG_0980 by TallCoolOne2014, on Flickr[/IMG] Action News John Rawlins interviewing someone...?

[IMG]IMG_0981 by TallCoolOne2014, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]IMG_0978 by TallCoolOne2014, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]IMG_0973 by TallCoolOne2014, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]IMG_0962 by TallCoolOne2014, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]IMG_0957 by TallCoolOne2014, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]IMG_0955 by TallCoolOne2014, on Flickr[/IMG]

[acenturi]

Originally Posted by Philly Fan

Well, if we're gonna brag, let's do it right!

Penn is at #8--not #9--among national universities, tied with Duke, and Haverford is also among the top 10 liberal arts colleges along with Swarthmore, at #8......

Tied with DUKE, to me is not favorable.
Penn needs to/should move above Chicago and tie with Columbia.
I don't see much use for the USN ratings/methodology anyway, except for influencing applicant quality, which of course has merit.

[Philly Fan]

Originally Posted by acenturi

Tied with DUKE, to me is not favorable.
Penn needs to/should move above Chicago and tie with Columbia.

AGREED! You know, there were several years (four, I think?) over the past couple of decades that Penn WAS ranked at #4 by US News, above Chicago AND Columbia. Of course, there were snide accusations on the internet that Penn manipulated its data and gamed the rankings, etc. Still, Penn has been among the top 8 for 18 years now, and there's no reason that it can't ascend to the top 4 or so again and--more importantly--be widely regarded nationally and internationally as one of the top 5 universities in the US. Personally, I think that the campus and neighborhood development of Penn, Drexel, University City, and South Bank that we all love to follow on this forum, will help Penn get there.

[mgj5021]

Survey: Many Moving To Philadelphia — And Staying
CBS Philly
September 9, 2014 11:45 AM


http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/09/09/survey-many-moving-to-philadelphia-and-staying/

"PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Apparently, everyone’s moving to — and staying in — Philadelphia.
Or so says United Van Lines, which recently announced the results of its “Summer Long-Distance Moving Trends Study.”
The company says that, overall, Philly was 12th on the list of cities with the most inbound moves and saw 26% more people moving into the city than out of it during the summer months."


Not sure how much of an indicator this survey is. Still, encouraging news.

[VikingDutchman]

Easiest way for Penn to move up would be to slash its class size (larger than most of the schools above it in the rankings), and thus become more selective.

Thankfully they don't seem to have any intention of doing that.

[PhiLaw]

Originally Posted by mgj5021

Survey: Many Moving To Philadelphia — And Staying
CBS Philly
September 9, 2014 11:45 AM


http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/09/09/survey-many-moving-to-philadelphia-and-staying/

"PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Apparently, everyone’s moving to — and staying in — Philadelphia.
Or so says United Van Lines, which recently announced the results of its “Summer Long-Distance Moving Trends Study.”
The company says that, overall, Philly was 12th on the list of cities with the most inbound moves and saw 26% more people moving into the city than out of it during the summer months."


Not sure how much of an indicator this survey is. Still, encouraging news.

I'm surprised the Northeast was singled out as a high-inbound neighborhood, over others. Still, great article!

[Philly Fan]

Originally Posted by VikingDutchman

Easiest way for Penn to move up would be to slash its class size (larger than most of the schools above it in the rankings), and thus become more selective.

Thankfully they don't seem to have any intention of doing that.

I'm not sure that would help very much, anyway.

First, acceptance rate is only 1.25% of the formula used by US News to calculate a school's total score (average SATs/ACTs of the entering freshman class, and portion of entering freshman class in the top 25% of their high school class, are given much more weight in the "Selectivity" portion of US News' ranking methodology).

Second, Penn already reduced its acceptance rate significantly this year to 10% for the Class of 2018, and it may continue to go down in the future (by increasing the size of the applicant pool by, e.g., getting more international applicants and applicants from historically underrepresented regions of the US, instead of shrinking the size of the entering class)--but US News uses data from the previous year's entering class, so the 10% acceptance rate won't be a factor until next year's ranking.

And third, a lower acceptance rate hasn't helped schools like, e.g., Brown, to ascend higher in the US News ranking (Brown is ranked at #16 this year, despite having an acceptance rate of 8-9% over the last several years).

[1487]

Originally Posted by PhiLaw

I'm surprised the Northeast was singled out as a high-inbound neighborhood, over others. Still, great article!

tons of inflow into NE philly amongst immigrants and others leaving "lesser" areas of the city. Lower and middle NE are hot spots for immigrants.

[tsarstruck]

Originally Posted by PhiLaw

I'm surprised the Northeast was singled out as a high-inbound neighborhood, over others. Still, great article!

Not sure if this is a joke or Philly's parochialism has finally gotten so bad that we're forgetting that when most people talk about the northeast they're talking about the most populous region in the US not the neighborhood in Philadelphia.

[Baconboy007]

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/...dwzVL1tsN4qR1u0%2Fg0e67a4e4&t=1410364860

Prime location but terrible building. Wish it could be bought along with Two Penn Center and have the whole square redone but that will be a pipe dream for a long time.

[tsarstruck]

Exelon to sell Delaware Station, the hulking power plant just north of Penn Treaty Park.

Exelon Generation Co. LLC has tapped Philadelphia's Binswanger real estate brokerage to sell Delaware Station, the former Philadelphia Electric Co. power plant on 16.4 acres at 1325 N. Beach St., next door to Penn Treaty Park in the city's lively Fishtown section. The package, split in two lots, includes almost 6 acres underwater, the hulking 223,000 sq. ft. plant on 5 acres, a 4-acre leased surface parking lot that can be shut on six months notice, and a 1-acre back-up Exelon generator bank that's slated to stay running until 2030.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-p...own-station-16-Delaware-River-acres.html

[Londonee]

Originally Posted by tsarstruck

Exelon to sell Delaware Station, the hulking power plant just north of Penn Treaty Park.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-p...own-station-16-Delaware-River-acres.html

This is great news, but begs the question why a multi-billion dollar corporation has been squatting on derelict power plants on our city's waterfront for decades. That should have been sold 10 years ago.

[theWatusi]

Who in their right mind would want to move to the NE?

It's like lower Bucks, but shittier.

[Philly Fan]

Originally Posted by tsarstruck

Exelon to sell Delaware Station, the hulking power plant just north of Penn Treaty Park.
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-p...own-station-16-Delaware-River-acres.html

Here's an idea (courtesy of Baltimore):

[PhiLaw]

Originally Posted by tsarstruck

Not sure if this is a joke or Philly's parochialism has finally gotten so bad that we're forgetting that when most people talk about the northeast they're talking about the most populous region in the US not the neighborhood in Philadelphia.

Context. No more. I'm referring to NE Philly - as I quoted a poster referencing Philly population statistics.

[shadowbat2]

Delaware power....oh how I LOVED exploring that place:













Inside:

[Plokoon11]

When my dad used to have his boat we would go down the delaware river and I would see that factory and thought that they actually used it for power, it always looked interesting. I hope they don't tear it down.

[Outta here]

Originally Posted by Philly Fan

Here's an idea (courtesy of Baltimore):

Twenty years ago , the Baltimore Power Plant was like a Disney destination.
I remember some of the really neat exhibits , my family enjoyed there .
There were mummies in the basement and the submarine from 20,000
Leagues Under the Sea . A movie theater with " smell a vision " , photo
booths with back drops ranging from ski resorts to beaches . All sorts of
competition games and even a ride like a roller coaster , If I remember
correctly . I was disappointed , when a few years later they had converted it to a group of high end clothing stores and a few restaurants . I would love to see a duplicate of the
old " Power Plant " somewhere in Philly ......

[allovertown]

Originally Posted by tsarstruck

Exelon to sell Delaware Station, the hulking power plant just north of Penn Treaty Park.



http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-p...own-station-16-Delaware-River-acres.html

This is unfortunately not one of PECo's most beautiful buildings. Their building just below the Tacony-Palmyra bridge is amazing looking. Unfortunately that location is clearly a lot less prime than this one.

Maybe if they restore it in an interesting way it could look cool. Overall though I don't exactly look at this as an architectural treasure that needs to be saved.

[shadowbat2]

I agree that it doesn't look as impressive as the one in Port Richmond but still awesome in it's own right.

Both were designed by John T. Windrim (the Franklin Institute and the ex PNB building on S Broad street etc) Windrim also designed the Chester generating station (now rebuilt into offices) for the Delaware County Electric company in 1917 (PECO bought the company a year later).

For Delaware, Windrim wanted to use brick for the exterior just like Chester, but PECO budget cutting forced him to use concrete.Read all about it here