2900 block of Market Street
This proposal isn't exactly dead-- it was just executed in a very shoddy and half-assed way. The little area between 30th Street station and the old post office/current IRS Building has always been a pile of shit. There's not much that could be done with it-- the entire section is a gigantic bridge deck with railroads running underneath. Though the Porch isn't half bad, its not 1/10th of the original plan.
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Philadelphia can't have nice things. Ever.
ReplyDeleteI don't like the red brick or whatever it is. It seems to really clash.
ReplyDeleteAfter reviewing this a bit more, I do like how pedestrian-oriented it is though. As it stands now, walking in this area is so overshadowed by motor vehicle traffic that it degrades the experience greatly. I love the median and all the trees too.
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