An article by Inga in yesterday's inquirer about the holdup with this project. I'm usually against haphazard changes to the zoning code (the recent parking and lot size changes come to mind, passed by our city councimbeciles). But, in this case, it seems to make sense.
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Any number of obstacles can kill a high-rise project in Philadelphia. Usually it's money. Construction costs can run as high as New York's, yet rents remain much lower here, the margins smaller. Tall towers frequently get ensnared in politics, especially when a neighborhood group is nervous about having more people around.But the forces that have delayed the construction of a much-praised skyscraper design at Second and Race Streets are of a different sort entirely.
This time, the building is being held up by a billboard.
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