Comments on: Revoke the convention center! http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2008/02/20/revoke-the-convention-center/ the intersection of work and play Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:42:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ste!!a http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2008/02/20/revoke-the-convention-center/#comment-69 ste!!a Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:13:31 +0000 http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2008/02/20/revoke-the-convention-center/#comment-69 I think it was a dream message. Yes every building becomes a condo. The buildings that don't become condos get knocked down to make way for the expansion of the convention center. Philadelphia has such poor respect for the fabulous streetscape that makes it a walkable city. In this most recent boom of building the lack of real oversight about city planning has become even more obvious. We have lost so many of the real human scale aspects of our city. I think it was a dream message. Yes every building becomes a condo. The buildings that don’t become condos get knocked down to make way for the expansion of the convention center. Philadelphia has such poor respect for the fabulous streetscape that makes it a walkable city.

In this most recent boom of building the lack of real oversight about city planning has become even more obvious.

We have lost so many of the real human scale aspects of our city.

]]> By: Michael http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2008/02/20/revoke-the-convention-center/#comment-68 Michael Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:32:01 +0000 http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2008/02/20/revoke-the-convention-center/#comment-68 I read about this in Inga’s column. It’s a damn shame. In general, when I lived in Philly I was appalled by the cavalier attitude towards historic buildings. The other night I had a dream about when I used to take my dog to walk at Old Swedes church. But it seemed to be in an earlier era, before there was I-95 and all its noise. And for some reason they were going to tear down the brick wall around the churchyard and build luxury condos. Not sure what that was about. This, maybe. I read about this in Inga’s column. It’s a damn shame. In general, when I lived in Philly I was appalled by the cavalier attitude towards historic buildings.

The other night I had a dream about when I used to take my dog to walk at Old Swedes church. But it seemed to be in an earlier era, before there was I-95 and all its noise. And for some reason they were going to tear down the brick wall around the churchyard and build luxury condos. Not sure what that was about. This, maybe.

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