PHILADELPHIA | Highrise Development Thread IX - Page 458

stormkingfan · #**9141** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 10:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Amazing job!

At the bottom of the image I see two towers proposed between South St. and the power station.
This afternoon I spotted a core being built there (about 6th or 7th floor level). What is this and how tall?

SJBadger · #**9142** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 11:10 PM**

Children's Hospital @ 700 Schuylkill in High rise Construction....

joemustardo · #**9143** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 11:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by UPenn18

There is no page for it yet. Summers usually waits until there is an official announcement to make a page, which there hasn't been yet.

I know that but which forum did he announce it?

summersm343 · #**9144** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 12:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by joemustardo

I know that but which forum did he announce it?

I haven't announced anything yet. Renderings were posted for 2100 Market and that's it. No worries

joemustardo · #**9145** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 1:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

I haven't announced anything yet. Renderings were posted for 2100 Market and that's it. No worries

Ik that but i remember a post a couple weeks back where you said you have details about a high-rise but can not release any of the information

mja · #**9146** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 1:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by joemustardo

Ik that but i remember a post a couple weeks back where you said you have details about a high-rise but can not release any of the information

McBane · #**9147** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 12:56 PM**

Does anyone know anything about this group of townhouses and the adjacent vacant lot on the east side of the 200 block of S. 9th St (right before Locust)?
https://goo.gl/maps/hopSFdrL1hy

I was walking by and taken aback by the empty lot. At closer look, the townhouses were all vacant, run down, and each had an ominous orange placard. I was hoping it was for demolition and we'd be getting a new midrise tower here but alas the signs were just for required repairs.

Cro Burnham · #**9148** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 1:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by McBane

Does anyone know anything about this group of townhouses and the adjacent vacant lot on the east side of the 200 block of S. 9th St (right before Locust)?
https://goo.gl/maps/hopSFdrL1hy

I was walking by and taken aback by the empty lot. At closer look, the townhouses were all vacant, run down, and each had an ominous orange placard. I was hoping it was for demolition and we'd be getting a new midrise tower here but alas the signs were just for required repairs.

I think they have been owned by same small-time Rappaport-esque slumlord for decades. Those buildings have been vacant and blighted for as long as I can remember. Many decades. Maybe Jefferson owns them at this point, but Jeff's record as far as streetscape improvement is pretty dismal for such a large, prestigious image-conscious institution.

Lincolndrive · #**9149** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 1:58 PM**

I'm assuming this may have already come up in discussion but its pretty darn amazing how many cranes are actually up in greater Center City right now.

I'm not sure if there has ever been so many active cranes in Philly history. I'm counting 17 but maybe I'm missing one or 2. Are there still active cranes in Chinatown?

17 is still pretty amazing. Its too bad you can't see all of them together unless you're airborne but people, we are totally booming.

Comcast ITC - 3
FMC - 2
1919 Market - 1
700 Schuylkill - 1
The Study in UCity - 1
One Riverside - 1
One Waterstreet - 1
East Market - 1
1601 Vine - 1
Museum Towers- 1
Rodin Square - 2
500 Walnut - 1
American Revolution Museum - 1

Londonee · #**9150** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 2:10 PM**

Can someone explain to me why the hometown website has this as the main headline?

What the fuck is the matter with us? Can you imagine this type of headline/article in ANY OTHER CITY IN THE WORLD? Don't even bother heading to the comment section...

summersm343 · #**9151** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 2:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by Londonee

Can someone explain to me why the hometown website has this as the main headline?

What the fuck is the matter with us? Can you imagine this type of headline/article in ANY OTHER CITY IN THE WORLD? Don't even bother heading to the comment section...

It's Philly-fucking-dot-com. Are we really that surprised? That newspaper honestly can't die fast enough.

Philly Fan · #**9152** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 2:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Londonee

Can someone explain to me why the hometown website has this as the main headline?

What the fuck is the matter with us? Can you imagine this type of headline/article in ANY OTHER CITY IN THE WORLD? Don't even bother heading to the comment section...

Especially since this piece is really about falling out of love with generic city living, and NOT Philly. Talk about negative spin.

MikeNigh · #**9153** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 2:22 PM**

I wonder what story they would run if a bunch of people picketed

801 Market St.
Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19107

with a bunch of fuck off and die philly.com boards.

Cro Burnham · #**9154** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 2:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Londonee

Can someone explain to me why the hometown website has this as the main headline?

I read that column expecting it to be about the typical this city sucks, good bye, good riddance.

Instead, it was some self-involved bimbo prattling on about a meaningless personal epiphany that is as interesting to those other than herself as the folds in my scrotum. A pointless piece.

I mean, I woke up this morning, took a shit, and walked outside, and suddenly realized I forgot to wash my hands so I rushed back in to do that.

Now, can I get that in a Philly.com column too?

Philly Fan · #**9155** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 3:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cro Burnham

I mean, I woke up this morning, took a shit, and walked outside, and suddenly realized I forgot to wash my hands so I rushed back in to do that.

Now, can I get that in a Philly.com column too?

Depends on what kind of soap you used.

summersm343 · #**9156** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 3:40 PM**

I would suggest everybody on this forum stop reading Philly.com and start reading Philly Mag. Such a better publication it's not even funny.

kingtut · #**9157** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 3:54 PM**

Philly.com= intellectually insolvent rag .

PHL10 · #**9158** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 5:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by Londonee

What the fuck is the matter with us? Can you imagine this type of headline/article in ANY OTHER CITY IN THE WORLD? Don't even bother heading to the comment section...

Hey, at least it includes a nice skyline picture?

It's a strange piece but it's more about the author's personal journey than anything negative about the City. The headline would suggest that someone got sick of the corruption or schools or crime or litter and moved to the burbs.

TempleGuy1000 · #**9159** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 6:09 PM**

What bothers me most about Philly.com is it literally is our equivalent to D.C.'s Washington Post and NYC's New York Times. At one point in history the Inquirer was one of the most well respected papers in the country. Today? It is a shell. A glorified click-bait blog site making money off of clicks hiding behind the once great brand. It is embarrassing as a city to have such a trash institution continually run negative articles that a lot of the time look to race bait and diminish the good that is done everyday in this city. That stupid article was on their front page for two full days.. pieces of trash. The actual local new sites are much more "the news" and not dushbag bloggers opinions. If I were Inga, I would stop worrying so much about the poles in the middle of Broad St. and worry about what kind of trashy organization that she represents.

Sorry end rant.

iheartphilly · #**9160** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 6:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by TempleGuy1000

What bothers me most about Philly.com is it literally is our equivalent to D.C.'s Washington Post and NYC's New York Times. At one point in history the Inquirer was one of the most well respected papers in the country. Today? It is a shell. A glorified click-bait blog site making money off of clicks hiding behind the once great brand. It is embarrassing as a city to have such a trash institution continually run negative articles that a lot of the time look to race bait and diminish the good that is done everyday in this city. That stupid article was on their front page for two full days.. pieces of trash. The actual local new sites are much more "the news" and not dushbag bloggers opinions. If I were Inga, I would stop worrying so much about the poles in the middle of Broad St. and worry about what kind of trashy organization that she represents.

Sorry end rant.

It may of been our equivalent at one point, but I can assure you that it is not on the caliber of the Washington Post or NY Times in terms of reporting, writing, coverage, etc. Whether it's World or U.S. politics, economy, fashion, travel or even regional issues, opinions, etc., it just doesn't match up. I think of the Inky (Philly.com) as a local/regional 5 counties 'newspaper." Also, politicians, executives, intellects, academia are not picking up inky or going to Philly.com on their desks or morning coffee table 1st thing in the morning. Sorry...and I think they know it.