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Originally Posted by Londonee
And Boston and Toronto and Houston and Dallas and San Francisco and Brooklyn and Minneapolis and Seattle and NoLa... it turns out placing an NBA arena in a sea of cement totally cut off and isolated from the city isn't that great.
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I'll give you TD Garden in Boston, because that's similar to 8th and Market. If the Sixers build a stadium like that, topped by 2 towers, I think we'll all be happy.
Chase Center in San Francisco was built in Mission Bay though, which is an entire new construction area way south of Downtown San Fran. This would be more similar to what I would want for Philadelphia. Why can't Philadelphia think bigger? Why do we consistently try to keep relocating everything in Center City, instead of expanding the city, and building up more areas outside of Center City and University City? Imagine an all new development down by the stadiums. Imagine all or almost every parking lot filled with mid-rise and high-rise mixed-use apartment buildings, office buildings, hotels, all with ground floor retail for new shops, restaurants, entertainment centers, a new park or two, a new museum or two (Philly sports museum? Relocate African American Museum here? Philly Wax museum?) etc. etc. All parking needs can easily be accommodated by parking garages. Why not??? Why can't we think bigger?? Why can't we build up this area like Boston did with the Seaport District, San Francisco did with Mission Bay, and Washington DC did with the Navy Yard.
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