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[R5Ryder]

Will the only lighting on this thing be the lantern, or will there be some effect on the east side too? It would be a shame to have another "dark" building - especially one of this magnitude, in center city.

[TK2001]

Originally Posted by R5Ryder

Will the only lighting on this thing be the lantern, or will there be some effect on the east side too? It would be a shame to have another "dark" building - especially one of this magnitude, in center city.

There will be lighting in the lantern from the ground all the way to the top, there will be strips of lights in the terraces and the roof and there will be lights in the cooling towers. I'm making a render later showing that

[mja]

Originally Posted by TK2001

Thank you! But that's not my name though

You're not a Flyers fan I take it.

[summersm343]

5/28/17

[b_ton_]

fantastic photos!!!

[TK2001]

Originally Posted by mja

You're not a Flyers fan I take it.

Nope, don't like sports at all. But anyways, here's more Renders!

[tower]

awesome. kinda wish the building was designed to fully block out comcast center from that angle though. but whatever. any "complaints" are for nil

[mcgrath618]

I had no idea the building could change color like that.
Holy crap, this building just jumped from a 9/10 to a 9.5/10 on my list.

[R5Ryder]

Do we know it can change colors? If it does, I'm assuming it'll be super dull lights like the dull ones that L1&2 have. Even if it doesn't, I'd expect the lantern to be equal to CC in terms of brightness. Hopeful the east side looks OK.

[ekt8750]

Originally Posted by R5Ryder

Do we know it can change colors? If it does, I'm assuming it'll be super dull lights like the dull ones that L1&2 have. Even if it doesn't, I'd expect the lantern to be equal to CC in terms of brightness. Hopeful the east side looks OK.

If FMC and Mellon prove anything, color changing LED lights don't have to be dull. They just have to be rated to be bright enough to be seen from great distances which isn't the case at Liberty.

[PhilliesPhan]

From my new neighborhood:

[jsbrook]

Originally Posted by PhilliesPhan

From my new neighborhood:

The burbs? Complete with lawns and white picket fences:

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9809...8i6656!6m1!1e1

Kidding. Mostly.

[Philly-Drew]

TK, amazing renderings! Thank you very much!

[PHL10]

Originally Posted by jsbrook

The burbs? Complete with lawns and white picket fences:

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9809...8i6656!6m1!1e1

Kidding. Mostly.

You don't have to kid, it is offensive.

[jjv007]

Originally Posted by jsbrook

The burbs? Complete with lawns and white picket fences:

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9809...8i6656!6m1!1e1

Kidding. Mostly.

Yeah, as a Temple student who takes the time to traverse extensively off campus, North Philly's suburban-esque nature in certain areas is quite unfortunate.

[jsbrook]

Originally Posted by PHL10

You don't have to kid, it is offensive.

Although it is bad urban planning and bad use of space, I guess I don't have much an issue with some areas of the city being built like that with private development dollars. Especially areas outside core center city that are not as dense. Was just commenting.

[Marcos]

Originally Posted by PHL10

You don't have to kid, it is offensive.

I'm missing something, how is it offensive?

[giantSwan]

Originally Posted by Marcos

I'm missing something, how is it offensive?

the same way a chef might poorly execute a recipe, serve raw food, and poison someone eating the food....bad urban design recipe, bad execution. and it looks terrible and clearly isn't aging well

[PhilliesPhan]

Originally Posted by jjv007

Yeah, as a Temple student who takes the time to traverse extensively off campus, North Philly's suburban-esque nature in certain areas is quite unfortunate.

I'm a Temple student (if you can't tell by the neighborhood lol) who does the same thing and feels the exact same way. I now live on 19th and Berks, and I don't even like walking along 19th Street due to not feeling like I'm in the city. This kind of land use is indicative of how those in power felt about Philly in the 90s and early 2000s. They thought that land in certain areas of North and West Philly (take, for instance, the land surrounding the 46th and 40th Street stops) never be developed with the prevailing market forces of the time. That short-sightedness is why Poplar will remain underdeveloped for a while, and why we need to scrutinize every detail of a new PHA plan (if that development is indeed PHA housing). Fortunately, the Sharswood development embraces principles of Mew Urbanism.

Here is one thing I will never get about those decisions, however: why build suburban-style housing when there is a waiting list of people who need PHA housing? Also, why build these when rehabbing the sturdier brick rowhomes would have costed WAY less per square foot?

[jjv007]

Originally Posted by PhilliesPhan

I'm a Temple student (if you can't tell by the neighborhood lol) who does the same thing and feels the exact same way. I now live on 19th and Berks, and I don't even like walking along 19th Street due to not feeling like I'm in the city. This kind of land use is indicative of how those in power felt about Philly in the 90s and early 2000s. They thought that land in certain areas of North and West Philly (take, for instance, the land surrounding the 46th and 40th Street stops) never be developed with the prevailing market forces of the time. That short-sightedness is why Poplar will remain underdeveloped for a while, and why we need to scrutinize every detail of a new PHA plan (if that development is indeed PHA housing). Fortunately, the Sharswood development embraces principles of Mew Urbanism.

Here is one thing I will never get about those decisions, however: why build suburban-style housing when there is a waiting list of people who need PHA housing? Also, why build these when rehabbing the sturdier brick rowhomes would have costed WAY less per square foot?

Very well said. Agree completely.