Checking in on the Delaware Power Station redevelopment next to Penn Treaty Park in Fishtown
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When complete, the first phase of this project will include nearly 300 residential units, office space, event space, and other commercial space. Plans call for the river trail to be extended along the waterfront and for the pier to be activated. The project will be completed in phases. The first phase calls for a surface parking lot to the north of the power station, but the development team plans to build on that land eventually.
St. Laurentius Church in Fishtown can be replaced with an eight-story residential building, judge rules
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A Philadelphia judge has ordered the city to reinstate a zoning permit that allows a developer to replace the Fishtown landmark St. Laurentius Church with a multifamily building.
The city violated the law last year when it rescinded zoning permission to allow the construction at the site of an eight-story multifamily residential building spanning more than 45,000 square feet with 49 residential units, Common Pleas Court Judge Joshua Roberts ruled Thursday. The judge’s order reverses the decision by the city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment.
The board exceeded its authority when it disregarded a provision in Philadelphia’s zoning code that allowed the issuing of the permit in favor of a similar but less strict zoning rule that applies to all other counties through the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code that did not allow it, Roberts said.
The decision marked the latest stage in the years-long fight by neighbors to preserve the 19th-century deconsecrated church and by developers to redevelop the landmark, which is on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places.
In 2021, the city gave permission for the brownstone Roman Catholic church to be demolished, saying the building at Berks and Memphis Streets was structurally unstable and in danger of collapsing. Demolition of St. Laurentius started last August with the removal of its skyline-defining twin spires and is ongoing. The framing of the roof has been exposed.
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Anyone know why the render says “Synder Metro Station”? Do the plans include future trolley or subway expansions due to this major project?
This would also be a good time for Septa to try to purchase that rail line on 25th st & also any lines within the scope of thw bellwether project.
I suspect it actually says “TO SNYDER METRO STATION”, as in further that way down Snyder to the BSL stop, but the image is cropped unfortunately. Like how it says “TO 30TH ST STATION” at the bottom lefthand part of the image and “TO 49TH ST” and “TO ANGORA” on the righthand part of the image.
This would also be a good time for Septa to try to purchase that rail line on 25th st & also any lines within the scope of thw bellwether project.
“I’ll take things that absolutely won’t happen in our lifetimes for 500, Alex.”
Let’s be clear. The 25th St viaduct is a crucial segment for CSX’s freight railroad operations for the foreseeable future and they are not going to sell it at any price.
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