Philadelphia 2035 (York: living, move, bars)

[rotodome]

Originally Posted by SirGreenDown

Thats really all I was saying, all the extra nonsense you gave is just that. Its not that serious, nor was I attacking you kid. Its just a subway car.

I'm not mad. And that wouldn't have been much of an attack anyway. Just talking about subways here.

But I guess when people use the word "genius" it must sound pretty fiesty, since you thought I was mad when I used it back in response to you. Same would apply with words like "nonsense", and "kid", I'd bet.

[FamousBlueRaincoat]

Originally Posted by Nexis4Jersey

Some of the Station spacing in ridiculous ...

2nd Street
5th Street
8th Street
11th Street
13th Street
15th Street

The explanation for this is that the green line trolleys were supposed to continue past 13th street on market. Trolleys would provide local service along Market Street, the MFL would provide express service.

Which is why, on Market West, the trolleys stop at 15th, 19th, 22nd, and 30th, and the Market Frankford Line only stops at 15th and 30th.

My understanding is that the same thing was supposed to happen on Market East. But it didn't. The trolleys loop around at 13th Street - and the Market Frankford line stops at all the stops.

[Marius Pontmercy]

Originally Posted by FamousBlueRaincoat

The explanation for this is that the green line trolleys were supposed to continue past 13th street on market. Trolleys would provide local service along Market Street, the MFL would provide express service.

Which is why, on Market West, the trolleys stop at 15th, 19th, 22nd, and 30th, and the Market Frankford Line only stops at 15th and 30th.

My understanding is that the same thing was supposed to happen on Market East. But it didn't. The trolleys loop around at 13th Street - and the Market Frankford line stops at all the stops.

This, and the fact that the Chinese Wall was over west Market St. Most business was on east Market.

[kidphilly]

Three new Center City high rise plans

[kidphilly]

The Lower Schuylkill; Philly's Next Development Fronteir?



Harris Steinberg of Penn Praxis is calling attention to what he tags, an area full of mystery and promise, the Lower Schuylkill. He spoke of the enormous potential these 4,000 industrial acres has to offer in contributing to sustaining the environmental and economic future of Philadelphia and the region beyond. the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, Commerce Department and Planning commission have been jointly developing a plan for the Lower Schuylkill since November.

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With over 68% of the city's vacant or underused industrial land, and excellent transportation access, the district rests between two development hotspots: the Navy Yard and University City. Steinberg paints a bright future for the Lower Schuylkill, imagining an elegant 21st-century landscape of new industrial, office, and research buildings, historic industrial structures, sweeping recreational amenities, environmentally sensitive wetlands, and beautifully engineered bridge crossings.

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58th street Bartram's Garden Development

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Steinberg also imagines state-of-the-art research and development facilities that build upon Philadelpjia's leadership in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and life-sciences industries lining the riverfront, complete with the extension of the Schuylkill River Trail and parks that manage the flood prone areas storm water issue. He believes this area has the potential to become a clean, green, urban machine that will power the economic engine of Philadelphia well into the 21st century.

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[soug]

Would airplane noise be a major concern in this area? You can definitely hear it loudly from the Navy Yard, but then again that's in the direct approach path to the runways.

[RightonWalnut]

Originally Posted by soug

Would airplane noise be a major concern in this area? You can definitely hear it loudly from the Navy Yard, but then again that's in the direct approach path to the runways.

You'd be surprised how well they can insulate new homes/hotels/offices.

[Pine to Vine]

Wish there was a sketch: LOVE Park renovations expected

This will bring a long-overdue new look.

[rotodome]

Originally Posted by jm02

Wish there was a sketch: LOVE Park renovations expected

This will bring a long-overdue new look.

The last "renovation" that was done to LOVE park was cheap and AWFUL, and was mainly just a misguided scheme to get skateboarders out of the park (of course, after welcoming the X-Games to the city, which chose Philly largely because of LOVE's worldwide fame a skate spot - a fame it gained long before appearing in the video game mentioned in the article...which featured the park because it was already legendary).
IMO it would be nice if the plaza was just restored to its original state and actually maintained this time, and Ed Bacon was allowed to rest with dignity. Athough spending yet more money to do that now is a bit like rubbing salt into a wound.

[kidphilly]

Central Delaware Master Plan is Adopted!



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[LEFT]Many have been waiting and anticipating the day a future is secured for Philadelphia's Premier Waterfront and it finally came. The Philadelphia City Planning Commission unanimously adopted the Master Plan for the Central Delaware Waterfront in its entirety, Tuesday afternoon. The new roadmap for the future of the waterfront is an ambitious plan, but very realistic. The plan aims to reunite the city and the waterfront with a system of linked parks and extended city streets. The Central Delaware Plan is now part of the city's comprehensive plan. It must be considered by by any city governing body when making a waterfront decision.

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[LEFT]CDAG and other fans of the plan say it will re-tie the city to the waterfront, create new recreational and green space and spur economic growth. Many see the plan as a potential remedy to the paralysis caused by the creation of Interstate 95. The plan's adoption will make it easier to raise money to make plan projects happen. DRWC has already raised millions of dollars to implement public projects and will continue to do so in order to encourage and leverage private development of the waterfront.[/LEFT]

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[LEFT]The plan reconnects city neighborhoods to the waterfront by fostering connections along key streets that generally end in public space. The series of public spaces, occurring about every half-mile, are linked to each other with a multi-purpose trail. The plan calls for mixed use development, including residential, commercial and industrial. View corridors to the water are preserved, and buildings are generally low and mid-rise in illustrations that occupy the plan. The street grid is extended to the waterfront.

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