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Old 11-16-2015, 06:32 AM
 
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Well thanks for correcting... my connecting Chicago's Lake Shore Dr. With Columbus Blvd. with Dr. Instead..... That is a positive to me and it is a GRAND DRIVE AND BOULEVARD. With the Greens, trees and Flowers in the Median. BUT I DO BELIEVE BY 2035. PHILLY WILL HAVE A DEVELOPED RIVERFRONT AND I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE AWESOME WITH HIGH-RISE AND HIGHER RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.

But I might be hoping too much. Given to dare say that.... gains a ..... Philadelphians can decide for themselves..... just what is proper and best for its Riverfront..... You don't need OUTSIDERS suggestions and other cities examples......

Basically what I got in other Philly threads on suggestions....
You actually have more faith in Phila. having a developed riverfront than I am! Lol

I'll be dead before anything significant happens.
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Old 11-17-2015, 07:01 AM
 
Location: Center City
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Summary of all the work underway on the Parkway: After decades, Ben Franklin Parkway is hot
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Old 11-17-2015, 08:15 AM
 
Location: New York City
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Summary of all the work underway on the Parkway: After decades, Ben Franklin Parkway is hot
Not the main takeaway, but I can't believe its going to take Penndot over 4 years to replace a few bridges, not even any capping work aside from a small sliver..Rome was built faster than that.
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Old 11-17-2015, 08:41 AM
 
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Not the main takeaway, but I can't believe its going to take Penndot over 4 years to replace a few bridges, not even any capping work aside from a small sliver..Rome was built faster than that.
It's a big project and a lot has to be done at night( or wee hours).
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Old 11-17-2015, 11:02 AM
 
Location: Center City
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Not the main takeaway, but I can't believe its going to take Penndot over 4 years to replace a few bridges, not even any capping work aside from a small sliver..Rome was built faster than that.
But not the Big Dig
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Old 11-17-2015, 05:55 PM
 
Location: The City of Brotherly Love
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But not the Big Dig
Sometimes I wish we would undertake a Big Dig! It would be awesome to have I-95 tunneled from Arch to between Oregon and Shunk. The VSE could also be covered from 22nd to 9th Street, along with the VSE/BFB interchange being reconfigured for a direct connection to the BFB. That would leave a continuous length of viable waterfront, and Columbus Boulevard could be a dense urban boulevard with mid and high-rises. This could also enable Vine Street to be a wide street with green space in the median and development lining either side.

I guess only in my dreams...
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Old 11-17-2015, 06:54 PM
 
Location: New York City
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West Philly Rising - Citified
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Old 11-17-2015, 07:14 PM
 
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Does anybody see Frankford improving i've always thought that neighborhood has potential. Great transit and the homes especially towards Northwood are really nice. BTW what do people think of Northwood?
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Old 11-17-2015, 09:03 PM
 
Location: The place where the road & the sky collide
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Sometimes I wish we would undertake a Big Dig! It would be awesome to have I-95 tunneled from Arch to between Oregon and Shunk. The VSE could also be covered from 22nd to 9th Street, along with the VSE/BFB interchange being reconfigured for a direct connection to the BFB. That would leave a continuous length of viable waterfront, and Columbus Boulevard could be a dense urban boulevard with mid and high-rises. This could also enable Vine Street to be a wide street with green space in the median and development lining either side.

I guess only in my dreams...
You just think you want that.

Building the Vine St. Expressway took forever. They found a colonial era cemetery which had to be moved. Archeologists were all over the area.
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Old 11-17-2015, 10:23 PM
 
Location: back in Philadelphia!
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Sometimes I wish we would undertake a Big Dig! It would be awesome to have I-95 tunneled from Arch to between Oregon and Shunk. The VSE could also be covered from 22nd to 9th Street, along with the VSE/BFB interchange being reconfigured for a direct connection to the BFB. That would leave a continuous length of viable waterfront, and Columbus Boulevard could be a dense urban boulevard with mid and high-rises. This could also enable Vine Street to be a wide street with green space in the median and development lining either side.

I guess only in my dreams...
You do know that most of the land covered in the Big Dig actually can't have dense development on top of it, for structural reasons. So, even billions of dollars of state funds and decades of work might not make all dreams come true!
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