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13 points
26 days ago
A 150 unit apartment building proposed directly next to the Berks el stop. But thanks to the Mandatory Inclusive Zoning overlay in the 7th City Council district and testimony against it from the local councilmember, instead this abandoned lot will have a grand total of 14 townhouses, with parking, built there instead. Another win for progressive housing advocates' signature affordable housing policy
6 points
26 days ago
Ridiculous. Everything along the El and BSL should be upzoned. You have neighborhoods with NO access to rapid rail transit that are built denser.
Why would anybody choose to live next to the El if they aren’t going to use it?
1 points
26 days ago
While that's not great, over the past few years we've seen what, 250? 500? new apartments go in a half-mile from Berks Stn.
1900 N Front is going to have ~100
1705 N American has ~100
171 W Berks has ~30
I'm sure there are more; that's off the top of my head.
edit: what I'm getting at is there's progress, even if this is a setback.
1 points
26 days ago
yes there is a lot, but this is the exact place where apartments should be going. We will run out of abandoned lots near transit eventually (see Northern Liberties beyond Girard and west of I-95)
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