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Dryheavemorning OP t1_jdwm7ln wrote

I get a kick out of the NIMBY comments on the Instagram posts related to this. My favorite is: "It's a shame the design makes no consideration for views from lower American." Lol, are they supposed to make it fully transparent or super short just so you can see the church spires on your walk at that particular location?

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Inzitarie t1_jdwpmae wrote

Replying to Dryheavemorning (#2,397,769)

It is absolutely ATROCIOUS that this place did NOTHING WHATSOEVER to consider the 3.7° line-of-sight that it blocks of the night sky at ascension 02h 31m 49.09s | Declination +89° 15′ 50.82" during the autumnal equinox alignment of Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.

Now every 4.6 years my viewing of that moderately-rare celestial event will be TOTALLY RUINED! Ban all construction in the city forever.

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youre_all_dorks t1_jdwrlmc wrote

There’s no such thing as “Olde Kensington”. It’s either Kensington, or it’s not. Stop trying to fancy it up.

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ten-million t1_jdwry01 wrote

That used to be a brown field junk yard. I wonder if it ever got cleaned up.

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Dryheavemorning OP t1_jdwt6e0 wrote

Replying to youre_all_dorks (#2,398,530)

Yeah, the Olde Kensington Pavilion for Section 8 senior housing built in 1986 must have just picked that name out of thin air to fancy up the place./s Olde Kensington has been distinguished from the rest of Kensington for a long time. The OG Kensington District was only what is now Olde Kensington south of Cecil and Fishtown/East Kensington. Everything else was a later addition. Using Olde or South could be up for debate but it's just stupid to argue it shouldn't be and isn't distinguished from just Kensington.

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Dryheavemorning OP t1_jdwzsu4 wrote

Replying to youre_all_dorks (#2,398,868)

Reading "The Fires of Philadelphia" right now about the Nativist riots just before the Consolidation Act. It includes historic maps and north of Girard (then Franklin St) at 3rd , where the Olde Kensington Pavilion is, was 100% in the Kensington District. NoLibs didn't extend north of Girard/Franklin until 5th St and doesn't at all today.

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Loud-Policy t1_jdx4mcm wrote

Replying to youre_all_dorks (#2,398,530)

It’s both. Olde Kensington is in Kensington. West/east Kensington are in Kensington.

Turns out East passyunk is in south Philly

Bustleton is in northeast Philly.

Kensington is a region that spans like 8 el stops. Subdividing it into neighborhoods makes sense

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kmac0825 t1_jdx7grs wrote

108 units and 27 car parking garage lmaooo

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Lawlington t1_jdx9c09 wrote

As a new homeowner in this area I feel like I bought at just the right time before things will start getting out of control

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tjcslamdunk t1_jdx9nje wrote

I just hope there will be more grocery stores, restaurants, bars, corner stores, better public transit etc. with all of these massive new condo buildings. Doesn't seem like commercial business or infrastructure are anywhere close to keeping up with the influx of condos. Also, would be great if they were affordable to average Philadelphians and not just wealthy NYC transplants.

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nowtayneicangetinto t1_jdxd9xw wrote

Replying to Lawlington (#2,401,004)

It depends on who you ask, some would argue it's been out of control. A lot of units going in around here and the prices are only trending upwards. When I first moved here around 2010, there were places that I'd never go because of how sketchy it was but are now littered with million dollar homes.

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OnionBagMan t1_jdxgb9e wrote

Replying to nowtayneicangetinto (#2,401,709)

Giant Heirlooms. Riverwards and KCFC(LOL) The Acme is still new to me. A new discount grocer opened on American. Palm Trees and places like Castellino’s have opened. Ten years ago there were a lot less places.

Several building that were given variances also have an empty floor on the bottom waiting for a grocery to fill.

There have also been produce markets that have come and gone as well.

We’ve seen Green Grow, Green Aisle, Parsley and Sage and others come and go. They don’t all make it.

We also have one of the best Asian grocery stores and Cousins.

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Plumbfitter-215 t1_jdxoonl wrote

Why aren’t we using union labor to build all these lowrise and midrise developments around the city? Why isn’t anyone up in arms about that?

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givemesendies t1_jdxrr6n wrote

Replying to the_sun_and_the_moon (#2,398,735)

IMO the barrier right now is the fact there are still so many empty lots around the city. People were asking why a building on Spring Garden wasn't taller the other day, without considering there were two empty lots about a block away. Why take the risk on a taller, more expensive building the the area still as empty land?

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aarrtee t1_jdxt3z0 wrote

What is the name of that neighborhood????

I lived and worked in Old City from 1984 until 2006. At the time we had a very active Old City Civic Association. I was asked to be on the board of directors.

There were some folks who liked calling our neighborhood Olde City. One day at a meeting of the OCCA I suggested that it would be nice if our organization could do something to get rid of that spelling. To me it seemed that it was an affectation: phony and pretentious. The president of the OCCA at that time said "Excellent idea!!" pointed at me and said "YOU are now the chairman of the 'lets get rid of the e' committee." Basically.... I was the committee.

Among the achievements: go down into the Market Frankford line station at 2nd St. Look carefully at the words "Old" on the walls. You will see little blue squares covering over the hated 'e's. At least they were there the last time I visited.

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persolb t1_jdzsezh wrote

Replying to the_sun_and_the_moon (#2,405,880)

Anybody have a good reason for that ‘height max is 350” of floor area’? (also… units?)

Best I can assume is some assumption about blocking out the light of neighboring units…. But we have electricity now. Alternatively, you could just tax a building over that amount and distribute it to the neighbors on the east, north and west of the building.

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Dismal-Radish-7520 t1_jdztfnl wrote

Replying to bigassbiddy (#2,404,586)

as if housing isnt something everyone needs lmao everyone acts as if its a privilege to have a roof over your head and something you "Earn" and then cry and moan when they have to pay for private security to bully the homeless out of their neighborhoods. you cant have a functioning society where minimum wage doesn't allow you to have a home. these people are just coping because they spent a bunch of money on a degree that got them a job where they sit in an office all day and waste their life away except for the small joys they find in paying someone two grand for a studio apartment. fucking morons.

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bigassbiddy t1_jdzy4uy wrote

Replying to Dismal-Radish-7520 (#2,414,182)

Everyone should have housing but nobody is entitled to a fancy brand new apartment a couple blocks from a transit station. That my friend, is a luxury.

Rent is extremely cheap in the suburbs like Norristown if you can’t afford this, still commutable to the city.

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The_Prince1513 t1_je1xtec wrote

Replying to tjcslamdunk (#2,401,049)

I agree. The huge commercial adaptive reuse of the 1400 n. howard warehouse is now soliciting for tenants (not sure if the mini-golf bar thing is still going forward) - It would be amazing if a giant heirloom or a trader joes could go in there.

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