tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post6941114697334874438..comments2023-08-03T11:56:57.358-04:00Comments on Philaphilia: Dead-Ass Proposal of the Week-- September 11thGroJLarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07934904684571266144noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-46342185598913231332012-09-12T12:44:19.544-04:002012-09-12T12:44:19.544-04:00Ultimately (and unfortunately) preserving the blig...Ultimately (and unfortunately) preserving the blighted buildings in the 1990s would have been better than tearing them down. This particular site was a former Wanamaker's warehouse/garment plant, and the lot across the street probably the city's oldest surviving rail terminus structure at the time. (That latter honor today goes to the Union Transfer up on Spring Garden.)<br /><br />Had they been preserved, both would likely have been rehabbed into condos like the old (armory?) across the street.Steve Stofkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14825368520377993845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-78330998698516927052012-09-11T15:25:30.265-04:002012-09-11T15:25:30.265-04:00"Under the new code, the lot is zoned CMX-5, ..."Under the new code, the lot is zoned CMX-5, the only one zoned as such for blocks and blocks around. Though neighbors would probably oppose it to death, something of incredible height can now be built here without a damn hitch."<br /><br />Because it's CMX-5, that means someone can build something pretty tall *by right*, correct? So like.. even if people opposed it, they couldn't actually stop it, because they wouldn't need a variance, right?josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614414852135578659noreply@blogger.com