Ah okay found what you were talking about. Its a CMX 2.5 zoned lot which has a minimum parking requirement of 0 which is pretty typical for multifamily buildings of this size

For real, looks like some horrible copy of the Society Hill towers.

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Allegro, Enjays, and Axis are all good. Abner’s is also pretty good but has my fave cheesesteaks. Hope all is well at CHOP ♥️

They won't and it's going to add to the inevitable furthering of the South Phila-fication of Fishtown. The best bet is that you sell your car and stick to the public trans of the city.

The issues is more acute with rail because it is harder to reroute

I’m a big fan of Pitruco Pizza at Franklins Table, 34th and Walnut

This spring in the 8th District, Bass faces a serious primary challenger with enough support to possibly unseat her. Were she to win the council presidency, her tenure could be short-lived.

Sure, in the same what that a truck tipping over can expose how easily out highway system can be shut down. In the end you can only engineer a system to be safe in so many circumstances and you have to rely on people not being idiots. Sadly construction workers causing damage seems to be an escalating issue, hopefully they’ll be held accountable for the damage.

A lot of the comments in this thread are nuts lol. This is a good looking building with the types of details that make for a high quality design. The city would be better off with this exact building going up in every neighborhood. Also, its literally attached to a public transit line and across the street from an acre of surface parking lots. Do those of you who are obsessed with parking even look at the building before commenting?

Or it just gets more packed with people and with zero improvements to the infrastructure

Ninja edit: not saying this to be a dick, I lived here for 10 years, moved to the burbs in May, want to buy a house in the city now because commuting to work from the burbs absolutely blows so I’m in the same boat as you

$125 Million for the design only?? Holy shit. I'm in a related industry and that seems bloated AF.

Right, but there are more people in the metro area. And those people in the metro area are quite frankly a lot more likely to take the train into the city than they are to move into the city.

Philadelphia Zoning Section 14-800 Parking Requirements

Philly could probably use another way into the city agreed. that said new roads only really alleviate congestion for a little until people start driving more and replenish the traffic. Public transit is the only way to really keep traffic down.

They are. This is a Biden administration win. (whether you agree with this specific project the win is funding non-private vehicle transit)

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While I agree we need more rail infrastructure, worth noting the population in Philly is still several hundred thousand less than it was in the 70's.

For me to get to my office by car takes 40 minutes, to get there by SEPTA would take 1.5 to 2 hours including a paid interchange in a less than friendly area, early in the morning. The associated costs and the time spent are not worth it.

Most malls yeah, but not KOP, it's packed every weekend.

The el will get ya there from west…so will the 43 bus and 15 trolley/bus. The first mistake anyone visiting fishtown/NoLibs makes, is not using septa (or even driving to septa and sept-ing the rest of the way).

Am I right that it ends at the casino? They could at least bring it all the way to Valley Forge park. Idk maybe you’d get more weekend ridership from people in the city that way. N Gulph road has no sidewalk or shoulder between the casino and the park even though its a short walk.

Idk. The devil’s advocate in me thinks: Anything that could theoretically reduce congestion long term along the schuylkill is valuable. And KOP is the last exit before it becomes the turnpike. And has seen some development recently. This could spur more development in that area.

But there are probably a a dozen transit improvements you could make to septa for this price tag that would help more people.

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As you watch the price tag climb and climb and climb, you'll understand why SEPTA is fighting for it. People are gonna get PAID