PHILADELPHIA | The Development Thread VIII

[aro1419]

Originally Posted by PhiLaw

I don't know why but I like the softness of the frosted glass, especially at the time of day that your pictures were taken with golden sunlight reflecting off of it

[Skyscraper.Phanatic]

Someone previously mentioned the porch at 30th Street Station. Well, I had the misfortune of driving past "The Porch" at 30th Street. It is a far cry from what was originally proposed with the red brick streetscape and art plus lighting accents. It was a warm day for January about 11:00am and only one bum was asleep at a table. The concrete planters look like something taken from either Chestnut Street about 10 years ago or the Plaza in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (near the bus depot). And yes the square in Rio Piedras could use a good remodeling too. The multi colored scheme used looked actually comical like Sesame Street. Surely we can do a better job with one of the main gateways into our city.

[summersm343]

If residential/student housing is built in this area like there are plans to do, then I'm sure "The Porch" will become more lively

[ScreamShatter]

Originally Posted by summersm343

If residential/student housing is built in this area like there are plans to do, then I'm sure "The Porch" will become more lively

I agree. It doesn't matter what the design of this park is as there is currently no consistent demand for this space in this location. If there was student housing or if Drexel expanded its campus across the bridge, it would be a little more lively.

[summersm343]

http://planphilly.com/updated-votes-...l-nid-put-rest

The Callowhill NID is dead... for now.

[Jelly Roll]

Originally Posted by summersm343

http://planphilly.com/updated-votes-...l-nid-put-rest

The Callowhill NID is dead... for now.

I realize that this had nothing to do with the Reading Viaduct but how much would it cost to make it into a park?

[summersm343]

The New York Highline cost around $50 million. Sooo, somewhere in that ballpark

[dlg569]

Originally Posted by aro1419

I don't know why but I like the softness of the frosted glass, especially at the time of day that your pictures were taken with golden sunlight reflecting off of it

And even an ugly Barnes is 1,000 times better than what was once there. I'll take it.

[PhiLaw]

Originally Posted by dlg569

And even an ugly Barnes is 1,000 times better than what was once there. I'll take it.

I agree. It's also important to note that there's some prominent landscaping currently underway. Let's hope this draws some attention away from the structure/storage car.

[PhiLaw]

Hammersklavier: I obviously don't have this whole posting pictures idea down pat. In the interest of aesthetics and your time editing my posts, can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? I live on 13th and Chestnut and work near Rittenhouse, so I am well positioned to offer a lot of pictures on this thread. Just need to know how to do it!

Thanks

[bryson662001]

Originally Posted by PhiLaw

Hammersklavier: I obviously don't have this whole posting pictures idea down pat. In the interest of aesthetics and your time editing my posts, can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? I live on 13th and Chestnut and work near Rittenhouse, so I am well positioned to offer a lot of pictures on this thread. Just need to know how to do it!

Thanks

If no one else steps up I will come back in a day or two and tell you how I do it.

[1SharpeMan]

Originally Posted by PhiLaw

Hammersklavier: I obviously don't have this whole posting pictures idea down pat. In the interest of aesthetics and your time editing my posts, can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? I live on 13th and Chestnut and work near Rittenhouse, so I am well positioned to offer a lot of pictures on this thread. Just need to know how to do it!

Thanks

Me too? I am in the construction field and work all over the city, all over. I get involved with building renovations and single homes throught out the Philadelphia area and I drive by all kinds of construction sites weekly. I even have my camera with me, and I tried once but I remeber it not being as simple as uploading a photo?

[Jelly Roll]

Originally Posted by PhiLaw

Hammersklavier: I obviously don't have this whole posting pictures idea down pat. In the interest of aesthetics and your time editing my posts, can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? I live on 13th and Chestnut and work near Rittenhouse, so I am well positioned to offer a lot of pictures on this thread. Just need to know how to do it!

Thanks

You did everything right when you posted it except you had /[img] which should have been [/img] So you want to have it be [img]the web address[/img]

[summersm343]

According to the Center City District Website, vacancy rates for office space in Philadelphia is now down to 11.7%. This is great news I will post the link when I get a chance.

[hammersklavier]

Originally Posted by Jelly Roll

You did everything right when you posted it except you had /[img] which should have been [/img] So you want to have it be [img]the web address[/img]

Not quite. The image being hyperlinked has to be the source image file (that is, usually JPG, PNG, or GIF). To get that, you have to right-click on an image and select "Copy Image Location" (on Windows boxes; I have no idea how to do it on Macs). Flickr makes it actively difficult for me to get this source file; usually, when cleaning up a Flickr-sourced image, I open the "Select All Sizes" window (top right of the Flickr interface) and there I can select the source.

SkyscraperPage can only upload image files that are solely image files. To ensure this, I recommend that you paste the link in a new tab and double-check.

(P.S. JPG files are "lossy" compression, which means that their quality degrades with every resave; PNG files "lossless", which means they don't. JPG works fine for photos; if you're uploading line files, like makes and such, you'll want PNG. The GIF format is also lossy, but it also allows for layered images (which, by the way, is how they "animate": it's just a quick cycle through image layers).)

[Nowhereman1280]

Philly forumers;

I just got out of a meeting with several of the executives from the developers of Comcast Center and it sounds like you all have a lot of good things coming your way over the next couple years. They are extremely bullish on the central Philly market right now and are expecting to make many more major investments in the market over the coming couple of years.

I hope they are right and their bullish projections pan out for all of you!

[Jelly Roll]

Originally Posted by hammersklavier

Not quite. The image being hyperlinked has to be the source image file (that is, usually JPG, PNG, or GIF). To get that, you have to right-click on an image and select "Copy Image Location" (on Windows boxes; I have no idea how to do it on Macs). Flickr makes it actively difficult for me to get this source file; usually, when cleaning up a Flickr-sourced image, I open the "Select All Sizes" window (top right of the Flickr interface) and there I can select the source.

SkyscraperPage can only upload image files that are solely image files. To ensure this, I recommend that you paste the link in a new tab and double-check.

(P.S. JPG files are "lossy" compression, which means that their quality degrades with every resave; PNG files "lossless", which means they don't. JPG works fine for photos; if you're uploading line files, like makes and such, you'll want PNG. The GIF format is also lossy, but it also allows for layered images (which, by the way, is how they "animate": it's just a quick cycle through image layers).)

On a mac if you hold the control button and then click it is the same thing as right clicking with a windows machine. Also on the mac you will have the option to "copy image address" which will give you the address the you want to paste.

Originally Posted by summersm343

According to the Center City District Website, vacancy rates for office space in Philadelphia is now down to 11.7%. This is great news I will post the link when I get a chance.

The suburban office vacancy rate also dropped over the last quarter and on a year over year basis.

Originally Posted by Nowhereman1280

Philly forumers;

I just got out of a meeting with several of the executives from the developers of Comcast Center and it sounds like you all have a lot of good things coming your way over the next couple years. They are extremely bullish on the central Philly market right now and are expecting to make many more major investments in the market over the coming couple of years.

I hope they are right and their bullish projections pan out for all of you!

That is very good news. I also heard that some of the national commercial investors are looking to get more active in the Philadelphia office market because of the relatively low volatility in the market here as compared to other metro markets. I wonder if this is the same people or if it was other firms that are looking to move into the city. Either way it is a very positive situation for Philadelphia.

[Jelly Roll]

End of 10 Rittenhouse development saga in Phila. could be near

Newly elected Sheriff Jewell Williams will oversee his first mortgage foreclosure sale associated with close to 700 properties. Of those, 129 units at 10 Rittenhouse Square, a 33-story, 143-unit complex high-end condominium complex that was put into receivership last year, will be listed for sale.
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelp...ess+Journal%29

[Parkway]

Originally Posted by Nowhereman1280

Philly forumers;

I just got out of a meeting with several of the executives from the developers of Comcast Center and it sounds like you all have a lot of good things coming your way over the next couple years. They are extremely bullish on the central Philly market right now and are expecting to make many more major investments in the market over the coming couple of years.

I hope they are right and their bullish projections pan out for all of you!

This is good news and jives with Liberty pay $40 million for that ACC site and the rumors around that purchace.

[summersm343]

I think we all had an idea that Comcast bought the property through Liberty... let's hope we get nothing less then a supertall on this lot!! It's at least nice to know there is so much interest in Philadelphia!

As for 10 Rittenhouse? What does this mean for the building? Just a management change?