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Originally Posted by Knight Hospitaller
Whether it's faux suburbia in N. Philly or failure to fully cap the VSE at Logan Square, I don't understand the notion that wishing for something better is somehow a negation of the good that has been achieved. Asking public agencies to think a little bigger (which doesn't necessarily cost more in the long run) is not too much to ask.
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God, aka 1487, argued that the public should not expect PennDOT to do anything other then give us basic bridges along VSE. But that argument certainly doesn't jive with the reality of what in fact PennDOT did actually build, which within the areas that they choose to include, are pretty damn good. He is certainly correct in saying that cities and most gov't's can't just create cash and then spend it on cool projects, but gov't's make choices, 'do this and not that'. But that reality shouldn't stop the City from having plans and goals, and it certainly shouldn't keep us good citizens from complaining about what is and dreaming about what might be.
My take is that most, but not all, people on this forum would like to see the City do more creative, long term planning for what might be possible, because if someone doesn't sit back and think about "it" and how the possible "it" relates to other bits and pieces, then its almost certain that "it" won't happen, or only happen in a half baked way (I.E. covering over the VSE around Logan Sq.).
I hate to mention it again, but I think street cleaning in certain areas is a good example. The City could decide that was a goal to arrive at in "X" years, then start figuring out the steps, the trade offs, it would take to get there. That seems much more reasonable then to expect it to happen next week, or to say it can never happen.
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