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Originally Posted by 1487
I see common sense is lacking so I will clarify. Many people here seem to think a block or intersection is "bad" based on how many "undesirable" people may walk down that block or shop on that block. The 1500 block of chestnut is almost fully leased (and has been for a while) and its full of activity. The blocks to the east are nearly dead. Do you even walk down the blocks I'm talking about? There are tons of vacancies and crappy storefronts with paper in the windows. Macys? That is the back entrance that is barely used- although its better than the rest of the block. The south side of chestnut in particular is horrible. In case you missed it the olive garden closed and now there is another vacany on this stretch. The only thing that has opened recently is a biscuit place in a very narrow storefront near 13th. The fact that the businesess you mentioned are located on east chestnut(you named basically the only open businesses in that sector) only makes the REST of the 1000-1300 block stretch seem that much worse. It looks terrible and its a dead zone.
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All the damned time. Which is why I'm completely astounded at your post. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the 1300 block of Chestnut Street, which has 2 upscale steakhouses, 2 mid-upscale furniture stores, a major department store (and btw, that back entrance gets far heavier use than the front entrance on Market), a Starbucks, multiple other restaurants including a place that dishes out Bavarian craft beer and wursts, a flagship Walgreen's, an art supply shop, an army-navy store, a grocery store, and a bowling lounge. Did I forget anything on else on this ONE BLOCK STRETCH of retail hell? Oh, yeah, the biscuit place and the Value Plus in the iconic Hale building that was purchased by Brickstone to be redeveloped. There are like 3 vacancies on the entire block, and I think that two of them are owned by the Church of Scientology of all people.
Oh, btw, I don't know when you're on the 1300 block of Chestnut, but whenever I'm there, it's packed. As is 13th between Chestnut and Walnut.
Now, the 11 & 12 hundred blocks are certainly less lively / trendy but it's not Chernobyl. The 1100 block has Milkboy & Philly Cupcakes on either end as the sexier shops sandwiching the new Brickstone development. The 1200 block has Grocery, Cella Luxuria (the third upscale furniture store in less than two blocks), Spice 28 (another restaurant, how many is that? I've lost count), & the future Drexel Law School building going in at the old Beneficial Savings building. Sure, there's lots of not so sexy retail on these stretches, but there's nothing wrong with a Sleepy's, or a 7/11, or a UPS store, or a Dunkin' Donuts, or a rather large state store, or a couple of banks, or a couple of cell phone stores, etc.
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