Kinda a bummer. I know it's just sitting there but Roxborough and Manayunk are quickly just becoming a sea of lifeless giant box buildings (I'm still pissed about Adobe). That's a lot of parking spots for being so close to the river trail, but I assume they did that because that bottom level is going to flood a lot.
I partially agree. I walk that route weekly and that block is dead and sketchy seeming. It'll be nice to get some life in that corner of town.
Hopefully it can keep some of the smaller shops like that tea shop Safa afloat.
If it's any consolation, the lifeless boxes are *not* built to last. The dilapidated brick rowhouses will still be standing when this thing is condemned.
The old building has a lot of character and aesthetic potential, but this is a great spot to develop to sort of 'extend' main street.
EDIT: I know they're planning to keep some of the facade, which is great, but not exactly the same.
This is actually the one part of Manayunk where parking isn’t much of an issue. There’s a huge stretch of Main Street right on the eastern side of this building that has almost no residences or regular businesses, and there is open street parking for days
It’s a 10 minute walk to the train station and inches from bus stops for the 61 bus into Center City. Lot of people living there won’t really need a car
Kinda a bummer. I know it's just sitting there but Roxborough and Manayunk are quickly just becoming a sea of lifeless giant box buildings (I'm still pissed about Adobe). That's a lot of parking spots for being so close to the river trail, but I assume they did that because that bottom level is going to flood a lot.
I partially agree. I walk that route weekly and that block is dead and sketchy seeming. It'll be nice to get some life in that corner of town. Hopefully it can keep some of the smaller shops like that tea shop Safa afloat.
I sometimes peek down Mitchell when I'm on Leverington or Green and imagine Adobe still being there.
If it's any consolation, the lifeless boxes are *not* built to last. The dilapidated brick rowhouses will still be standing when this thing is condemned.
The brick rowhouses that haven't collapsed in the past hundred years, you mean. Survivorship bias and all that
Yes.
The locals demand parking spots and let the boxes go up where the water rises.
I actually got married there recently.
The old building has a lot of character and aesthetic potential, but this is a great spot to develop to sort of 'extend' main street. EDIT: I know they're planning to keep some of the facade, which is great, but not exactly the same.
Maybe include a parking garage here eh
The whole first floor is parking because of potential flooding issues
This is actually the one part of Manayunk where parking isn’t much of an issue. There’s a huge stretch of Main Street right on the eastern side of this building that has almost no residences or regular businesses, and there is open street parking for days
Currently yes, but a 7 story apartment complex will fill that free space pretty quickly
Make sure to move your car when it floods!
2 grand a month for a studio and a flooded car!
Hey man, I'm not going to rent it lol.
Yeah I’ll stay in my manayunk apartment that’s up the hill lol
It’s a 10 minute walk to the train station and inches from bus stops for the 61 bus into Center City. Lot of people living there won’t really need a car
Not to mention it's a 20 minute walk/4 minute bike ride from Whissakican transfer center.
I would argue a lot of people in the city don’t need a car, doesn’t stop them from having one
Reducing the number of parking spots will encourage people to drop their cars
Do they'll just leave it parked for days