Redesigning the Parkway

**DCnPhilly** · 05-25-2012, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by mixiboi

More news on the Park:

Rodin Museum Rejuvenation

Reminds me of the comments everyone made when they finally cleaned City Hall. It was so dirty a lot of people thought it was granite.

**eldondre** · 07-11-2012, 07:35 PM

Action Plan for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway | PlanPhilly: Planning Philadelphia's Future

**mixiboi** · 07-11-2012, 08:55 PM

That's cute, and some good ideas...No wonder they want to homeless feedings out of there...

**DCnPhilly** · 07-12-2012, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by mixiboi

That's cute, and some good ideas...No wonder they want to homeless feedings out of there...

These people need to be running the city. The Parkway improvements would make any city jealous.

**supersupper** · 07-13-2012, 06:41 PM

I thought it cute Bicycle Coalition's web page used Desolate's "Spiff" avatar to blog this. It certainly grabbed my attention real quick !

Greater Philadelphia Bicycle News: Parks Dept and UPenn Want Your Ideas For Making Ben Franklin Parkway Spiffier

**kidphilly** · 11-08-2012, 10:19 AM

Art Commission grants final approval to Mormon Temple | PlanPhilly: Planning Philadelphia's Future

**kidphilly** · 11-08-2012, 11:06 AM

Walking back from the Art Museum last Friday I thought to myself what an improvement even soem new townhomes or shorter apartments would be here.

Would the possibility to subdivide this space even exist

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Phila...184.39,,0,9.31

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Phila...12,310,,0,4.28

Not sure if the area on the right is park land but to me would help infill the area

**DocAwesome** · 11-08-2012, 01:10 PM

"My View! My View!"
-every renter at Parkway House

**thoth** · 11-08-2012, 01:38 PM

I commute by this area every day, and every day I think, "how the **** does this exist?"

Philadelphia, PA - Google Maps

Does anyone know the story here? I hate the dinky garage front rowhomes on the block as it is, but this is just outrageous.

**guzzijason** · 11-08-2012, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by thoth

I commute by this area every day, and every day I think, "how the **** does this exist?"

Philadelphia, PA - Google Maps

Does anyone know the story here? I hate the dinky garage front rowhomes on the block as it is, but this is just outrageous.

I always assumed that whoever owns that lot is holding out for...

ONE MILLION DOLLARS!

__Jason

**Tartan69** · 11-08-2012, 02:08 PM

I wouldn't call that block the most hospitable...it's a bit of a dead zone with all that parking along the street. A high-density tower would be a better fit I would suspect.

**kidphilly** · 11-09-2012, 11:24 AM

Philly Shark: Philadelphia Mormon Temple Receives Final Approval

**Titus** · 11-09-2012, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by thoth

I commute by this area every day, and every day I think, "how the **** does this exist?"

Philadelphia, PA - Google Maps

Does anyone know the story here? I hate the dinky garage front rowhomes on the block as it is, but this is just outrageous.

It's been that way for 40 years.

**thoth** · 11-09-2012, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by Titus

It's been that way for 40 years.

because?

**Titus** · 11-09-2012, 02:31 PM

Somebody's sitting on it waiting for a 60 story hotel to be built there ? - how the hell should I know? ! Same with hundreds of parcels in this town.

**thoth** · 11-09-2012, 03:06 PM

Figured since you'd been staring at it for 40 years you might know the nutbar that's sitting on this parcel.

**Titus** · 11-09-2012, 03:53 PM

Sorry - no.

**OffenseTaken** · 11-09-2012, 03:56 PM

To be honest, thoth, I ask "how the **** does this exist" when I see about eight thousand empty lots in Philadelphia, many of them higher-profile than this. What makes this one so conspicuous, in your view?

I would hate to live that close to the Eakins Oval. It's like a freeway interchange with a statue in the middle.

**thoth** · 11-09-2012, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by OffenseTaken

To be honest, thoth, I ask "how the **** does this exist" when I see about eight thousand empty lots in Philadelphia, many of them higher-profile than this. What makes this one so conspicuous, in your view?

I would hate to live that close to the Eakins Oval. It's like a freeway interchange with a statue in the middle.

Direct line of sight with the Art Museum. It's a bizarre place to have single family housing, but it's definitely desirable land and there's no reason for it to be a dirt **** pile.

**Titus** · 11-09-2012, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by thoth

Direct line of sight with the Art Museum. It's a bizarre place to have single family housing, but it's definitely desirable land and there's no reason for it to be a dirt **** pile.

And I have wondered fro 40 years why it sits there, so you're not alone. It is a very prominent site.