Dead Ass Proposal of the Week--- December 18th

UPenn Revlon Center

3601 Walnut Street

                   The University of Pennsylvania is responsible for so many Dead-Ass Proposals that they could probably publish a series of books about them and not be able to cover them all. Some were just visionary, like Fuckminster Fuller's design for the Institute of Contemporary Art, while others, like this one, were planned down to the last detail before going to shit.
                   Read more at the Philadelphia City Paper's Naked City Blog!

Empty Lot of the Week-- December 11th

Schuylkill Sea South

120-140 South 24th Street



                    Its pretty pitiful when a lot was more occupied in 1855 than it is now. This 33,600 square foot piece of shit is one such lot. For 49 years, this crappy surface lot has graced the Schuylkill River with a sunken empty void that should have been filled a long-ass time ago. Can we get a building here already?!?!
                   Read more at the Philadelphia City Paper's Naked City Blog!!

Old-Ass Building of the Week-- December 10th

Mulberry Atrium

2133 Arch Street

                Check this old bastard out. Could you believe that it used to be a Child Prison? That's right, before the Youth "Study" Center came and went on the Ben Franklin Parkway, this building held peewee offenders for trial.
                Read more at the Hidden City Daily!

Dead-Ass Proposal of the Week-- December 4th

1777 JFK

1777 John F. Kennedy Boulevard



Conjectural rendering inserted into an aerial photo from its time period. Original image from Google.

                 This bitch-bastard's downfall caused a 20-year empty lot. 1777 JFK was a bold skyscraper proposal that attempted to work off the momentum of the late 80's early 90's West Market building boom, but failed... miserably. Though the site of this proposal is now home to the plaza in front of the city's (and state's) tallest building, the addition of 1777 JFK would have solidified the immediate area much earlier.
                  Read more at the Philadelphia City Paper's Naked City Blog!

Empty Lot of the Week-- November 27th

Unwashed Lot of Wash West

205-209 S. 12th Street



What a sad-looking piece of fuck.

                 This is one of those empty lots that doesn't seem like that big of a deal... its small, its mid-block. Nonetheless, after walking/biking/driving/canoeing past this lot day after day, it grates at your nerves. This is a high-density area-- why should there be such a shitty surface parking lot here? Worst yet, why should there be a shitty surface parking lot here for SEVENTY-FOUR YEARS!?!?!
                Read more at the Philadelphia City Paper's Naked City Blog!

Old-Ass Building of the Week-- November 26th

Charlton Yarnall House

235 South 17th Street



                   At the northeast corner of 17th and Locust sits and office building like no other, tucked behind a canopy of trees. This is one of those beasts that gets overshadowed by its neighbors and goes unnoticed despite being an incredibly beautiful structure. The stonework... the stained-glass... the facade. Once you discover this one, you can't look away.
                 Read more at the Hidden City Daily!

Dead-Ass Proposal of the Week-- November 20th

Corestates Financial Center

800 Market Street

This low-res corner of a picture from an unrelated dead-ass proposal is the only surviving picture of this one.

                    You know what? Fuck Market East! Especially between 7th and 11th Streets. This area seems to be some kind of development vacuum-- even when an experienced developer comes along to blast the hell out of it and bring it back to life, this cursed location finds some kind of way to bring them down. After spending over a century as one of the most premiere shopping streets in America, Market East is now a big sopping pile of dogshit.
                   Read more at the Philadelphia City Paper's Naked City Blog!