PHILADELPHIA | W Hotel & Element by Westin | 617 FT | 51 FLOORS

[TK2001]

Notice the north face W is filled in with white, that's for the light. Seems like the lighting is nearly finished

[mcgrath618]

Originally Posted by TK2001

Notice the north face W is filled in with white, that's for the light. Seems like the lighting is nearly finished

Now if only we could just get them to turn it on...

[Jawnadelphia]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIavB0eHNY0/

[iheartphilly]

^
The 4 horsemen (Liberty 1 and 2, Comcast Center, and CITC). Another great angle.

[Jawnadelphia]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CI4PVWeFTVJ/

[TK2001]

Google maps states the hotels open March 2nd.

[thoughtcriminal]

Originally Posted by TK2001

Google maps states the hotels open March 2nd.

of what year?

[TK2001]

Originally Posted by thoughtcriminal

of what year?

Next year... hopefully

[summersm343]

Finishing Touches Going Up On W/Element Hotel











Read/view more here:
https://phillyyimby.com/2020/12/fini...nter-city.html

[DudeGuy]

I will personally consider this project "done" when the sidewalk is open again.

[iamrobk]

Originally Posted by DudeGuy

I will personally consider this project "done" when the sidewalk is open again.

When I walked by a few weeks ago there was some retail signage up (I think for whatever the restaurant going in the ground floor is), so hopefully they'll be opening the sidewalk soon, because I'm not sure why they'd be advertising an inaccessible retail space... lol. On a positive note, they seemed to have moved the barriers a bit (or maybe removed some?) so that you can at least cross to the NE corner of 15th and Chestnut, which makes crossing the street there easier.

[bigfish]

The sidewalk has been closed for over 5 and a half years, I barely remember that part of the sidewalk being open.

[TK2001]

I find it weird how often a sidewalk is complained about rather than that blank wall. Relax folks, it's 2021 now, the sidewalk will finally be open this year

[Londonee]

Originally Posted by TK2001

I find it weird how often a sidewalk is complained about rather than that blank wall. Relax folks, it's 2021 now, the sidewalk will finally be open this year

Well, i have family who own property across the street - that i sometimes take care of, and often visit - and it’s been a HUGE personal nuisance for 5.5 years. Do you have family who own property across the street too?

It’s a big city that real people actually live in - not some weird spectacle captured at the end of a zoom lens.

[DudeGuy]

Originally Posted by Londonee

It’s a big city that real people actually live in - not some weird spectacle captured at the end of a zoom lens.

Just want to echo this. Before COVID hit, walking around that area around 5-6pm on a weeknight was a nightmare because of the reduced sidewalk capacity.

[City Wide]

Originally Posted by TK2001

I find it weird how often a sidewalk is complained about rather than that blank wall. Relax folks, it's 2021 now, the sidewalk will finally be open this year

Sidewalk, what sidewalk?

[PurpleWhiteOut]

As dumb as it sounds, I've also been saying throughout this thread that the sidewalk reopening is what I'm most excited about. It's been over half a decade since the sidewalk a block from the center of our city has been open which has made the pedestrian experience awful. The law was changed at some point during the span of this project iirc to need to provide a cattle chute/sidewalk closure permit (not necessarily because of this specific project). The amount of other projects that have started and finished in the time that this major pedestrian throughway has been closed is insane

[eixample]

Originally Posted by PurpleWhiteOut

As dumb as it sounds, I've also been saying throughout this thread that the sidewalk reopening is what I'm most excited about. It's been over half a decade since the sidewalk a block from the center of our city has been open which has made the pedestrian experience awful. The law was changed at some point during the span of this project iirc to need to provide a cattle chute/sidewalk closure permit (not necessarily because of this specific project). The amount of other projects that have started and finished in the time that this major pedestrian throughway has been closed is insane

It's not dumb at all! There's a divide on this site between the people who live in and walk around the city and those who drive in or admire the skyline from a distance. Unfortunately our elected officials and people who run L&I and the Department of Streets and the PPD seem to be more in the latter camp. The way we treat pedestrians and bus riders with sidewalks and lane closures is abysmal. Of course some inconvenience is necessary but very little effort is made to minimize that inconvenience.

[iamrobk]

Originally Posted by DudeGuy

Just want to echo this. Before COVID hit, walking around that area around 5-6pm on a weeknight was a nightmare because of the reduced sidewalk capacity.

Seriously, this this this. Combine the closed sidewalk with the heavy pedestrian traffic and heavy car traffic and it was (and is getting to be again) a nightmare.

[TonyTone]

Originally Posted by eixample

It's not dumb at all! There's a divide on this site between the people who live in and walk around the city and those who drive in or admire the skyline from a distance. Unfortunately our elected officials and people who run L&I and the Department of Streets and the PPD seem to be more in the latter camp. The way we treat pedestrians and bus riders with sidewalks and lane closures is abysmal. Of course some inconvenience is necessary but very little effort is made to minimize that inconvenience.

Why wouldn't construction near a sidewalk trigger a covering/chute for the sidewalk instead of closing it off in a city?

IE : NYC?? CHICAGO?? Phily really is stuck in the 80's.

How many more years before we turn into a mini NY