tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post6437172537065075966..comments2023-08-03T11:56:57.358-04:00Comments on Philaphilia: Empty Lot of the Week-- July 21stGroJLarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07934904684571266144noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-91491367967614938762012-01-18T16:56:28.508-05:002012-01-18T16:56:28.508-05:00Thanks Christopher. Your optimism is appreciated.Thanks Christopher. Your optimism is appreciated.drink-with-a-strawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820261751628469393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-55926984517684950322012-01-18T16:54:46.085-05:002012-01-18T16:54:46.085-05:00Dayman.....more like Vector in "Despicable Me...Dayman.....more like Vector in "Despicable Me" when he's hanging out in his Living Room, stretched out on a couch, perched over a shark Tank, with an extra large soda, watching TV.....drink-with-a-strawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820261751628469393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-30749376814687029942012-01-18T14:06:10.579-05:002012-01-18T14:06:10.579-05:00This building IS going to be saved! Thank you Mic...This building IS going to be saved! Thank you Michael Ryan and Randee Spelkoman for having the vision (and the dollars) to take on this project! I hope I can someday spend money with your firm to allow you the opportunity to rescue and reuse more great buildings in the city!Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07823501361589431746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-65626416747411159972012-01-17T16:29:14.705-05:002012-01-17T16:29:14.705-05:00so....I just bought this building.....If using exp...so....I just bought this building.....If using expletives is a substitution for intelligence and ultimately a form of reverse snobbery, then you're doing a great job....maybe you should track down Lewis Mumford's New Yorker article of May 16, 1956, about the Mercantile....but what the hell does he know...????...right .....Anyway, lucky for me, little keyboard nerds like your self are scared by a few weeds growing on an old roof....The structure is incredibly well built and in great shape. The split level layout is brilliant....but what do you know....the cursing nostalgic for the old heavy oppressive victorian shit that simply reflected the oppressive nature of late nineteenth century America with it's child-labor factories.....but hey, you love those old pictures...pretty right....????,....have to go...have some real work to do.....you just sit tight and stay out of our way....keep typing....where would this city be without brilliant stay-at-home bloggers...????drink-with-a-strawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820261751628469393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-90084889598042370592012-01-13T10:12:59.118-05:002012-01-13T10:12:59.118-05:00I'd like to thank you for bringing the phrase ...I'd like to thank you for bringing the phrase "kiss-assable building" into the American vernacular.josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614414852135578659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-61090769307299064732012-01-13T09:13:49.391-05:002012-01-13T09:13:49.391-05:00I always liked the Library...I can see the mid 20t...I always liked the Library...I can see the mid 20th "modern" relevance of it...but, like you I have to ask...Is it really worth saving? What scares me is what might replace it...Vardis Ellis Kriarishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193363553739512753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-25748029734314649342012-01-12T14:13:05.503-05:002012-01-12T14:13:05.503-05:00Well it got bought and is planned to be restored.....Well it got bought and is planned to be restored...<br /><br /><a href="http://hiddencityphila.org/2012/01/almost-nude/" rel="nofollow">Hidden City Philly</a>Steve Stofkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14825368520377993845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-15386266694289741582011-07-21T18:06:03.974-04:002011-07-21T18:06:03.974-04:00I love historic buildings too, but someone honestl...I love historic buildings too, but someone honestly thinks that needs to be saved? Just because it may be a period piece doesn't mean it's worth saving. This thing is worthless. Bring on the wrecking ball and let's get something better in there.NickFromGermantownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08260423320053215796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-79001846871691412012011-07-21T11:38:54.844-04:002011-07-21T11:38:54.844-04:00this post was amazing! I didn't even know that...this post was amazing! I didn't even know that there was a real building behind that...and the fact that it won design awards when built?!? I always thought it was a really entrenched homeless mans residence.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00069857086246178585noreply@blogger.com