PHILADELPHIA l 777 South Broad - Page 3

sciguy0504 · #41 Posted **Dec 1, 2008, 11:40 PM**

Wood is more than fine with me, especially considering what this development does to improve this section of Broad. Some people have knee-jerk reactions to anything even remotely connected to suburbia. Frankly, I'm surprised we aren't complaining about grass.

cubanChris · #42 Posted **Dec 2, 2008, 3:21 AM**

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Wood is more than fine with me, especially considering what this development does to improve this section of Broad. Some people have knee-jerk reactions to anything even remotely connected to suburbia. Frankly, I'm surprised we aren't complaining about grass.

Grass? Didnt you know William Penn invented grass?

Before grass and Philadelphia the world was covered in lava from mount doom.

Ninjawho · #43 Posted **Dec 2, 2008, 4:56 AM**

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Grass? Didnt you know William Penn invented grass?

Before grass and Philadelphia the world was covered in lava from mount doom.

William Penn is the half brother of Frodo Baggins. FYI.

theWatusi · #44 Posted **Dec 2, 2008, 12:09 PM**

Wood is limited to a total of 4 floors per the IRC, so the first floor being steel makes sense.

There is nothing wrong with wood construction, it's been being used for a thousands of years.

Get off your high horse.

Cro Burnham · #45 Posted **Dec 4, 2008, 12:52 PM**

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There is nothing wrong with wood construction, it's been being used for a thousands of years.

Get off your high horse.

Oooooo - touchy touchy! Maybe try switching to decaf. This is a trivial topic, certainly nothing to get cyber-macho about.

BUILDER5000 · #46 Posted **Dec 4, 2008, 1:51 PM**

wood is typically used to frame low rise residential buildings...it's nothing out of the ordinary guys

CentralGrad258 · #47 Posted **Feb 6, 2009, 9:34 PM**

Bump, any South Philly peeps feel like updating us on the progress of this thing?

looper121 · #48 Posted **Feb 8, 2009, 12:47 AM**

I have no pics, but I did see the second level of wood going up last week...so two more stories to go!

hammersklavier · #49 Posted **Feb 9, 2009, 1:06 PM**

Brad had this pic on phillyskyline.com:

BUILDER5000 · #50 Posted **Feb 10, 2009, 2:22 PM**

here ya go

Parkway · #51 Posted **Feb 10, 2009, 4:45 PM**

Thanks for the update Builder, nice progress, I was begining to get worried since the last couple of times I saw it it hadn't changed much

BUILDER5000 · #52 Posted **Feb 10, 2009, 6:50 PM**

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Thanks for the update Builder, nice progress, I was begining to get worried since the last couple of tiems I saw it it hadn't changed much

ur very welcome, the site activity was very much active

sciguy0504 · #53 Posted **Feb 11, 2009, 6:16 PM**

That concrete median needs flowers and trees. Maybe in a better economic time?

BUILDER5000 · #54 Posted **Feb 11, 2009, 6:56 PM**

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That concrete median needs flowers and trees. Maybe in a better economic time?

I wouldn't count it out....they will probably wait untill the concrete barriers are removed from the sidewalks

Pennsgrant · #55 Posted **Feb 12, 2009, 4:55 AM**

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That concrete median needs flowers and trees. Maybe in a better economic time?

You have to experience Broad Street in person to understand that trees and flowers have no business there. I like your thinking but not here, wouldnt work.

BUILDER5000 · #56 Posted **Feb 12, 2009, 9:36 PM**

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You have to experience Broad Street in person to understand that trees and flowers have no business there. I like your thinking but not here, wouldnt work.

you know I actually have to agree with you there

Don098 · #57 Posted **Feb 15, 2009, 10:56 PM**

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You have to experience Broad Street in person to understand that trees and flowers have no business there. I like your thinking but not here, wouldnt work.

They have those green traffic islands all over California and I think it makes the streetscape look a thousand times better. I think most people would agree that the city most definitely needs an aesthetic facelift... No? If you did that along all of broad street it wouldn't look out of place at all. Plus, it would be one less impervious surface and you wouldn't have to spend money to fix the concrete every few decades, either.

winxs · #58 Posted **Feb 16, 2009, 5:42 PM**

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They have those green traffic islands all over California and I think it makes the streetscape look a thousand times better. I think most people would agree that the city most definitely needs an aesthetic facelift... No? If you did that along all of broad street it wouldn't look out of place at all. Plus, it would be one less impervious surface and you wouldn't have to spend money to fix the concrete every few decades, either.

But, you need money to pay the folks for the upkeep...to buy the plantings, to cut the grass, to keep the shrubs pruned. The city doesn't have that luxury. You would probably need it to be subsidized by a charity or other such philanthropic organization. Deep in South Philly, they use the center median to park. Think they will give in easily to losing their parking spaces?

Nice idea, but....

McBane · #59 Posted **Feb 16, 2009, 6:55 PM**

good idea but i don't think people will allow their parking spaces to be grassed over. the parkway however, could very well use some landscaping in the center lanes which is currently filled with ugly yellow paint.

Busy Bee · #60 Posted **Feb 16, 2009, 7:01 PM**

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That concrete median needs flowers and trees. Maybe in a better economic time?

Want flowers in medians? Move to Chicago!