tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907973584782999976.post3634364733380476088..comments2024-03-21T03:28:28.675-04:00Comments on Philly Bricks: Viaduct ImpossibleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907973584782999976.post-90809179405978527942014-04-22T14:46:16.015-04:002014-04-22T14:46:16.015-04:00I don't think the money is coming from the sta...I don't think the money is coming from the state's school budget, but I certainly agree the schools should be better funded. However, new parks attract new residents and businesses which generate tax revenue that can go towards schools. Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06900938587407614521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907973584782999976.post-64262925136732318462014-04-22T12:03:14.392-04:002014-04-22T12:03:14.392-04:00We Do Not have ,Enough Money For Our Schools"...We Do Not have ,Enough Money For Our Schools"How Will We Deal With This Big<br />Project,This So Call Rail Project, This Will<br />Cost Us Millions."From goffoghh21@gmail.com Time 12:00PM <br />Tuesday Afternoon. 04/22/2014.Africaman44https://www.blogger.com/profile/10266082096750498422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907973584782999976.post-9433744717021360352013-10-24T10:59:10.694-04:002013-10-24T10:59:10.694-04:00I love that ownership is "the smallest of all...I love that ownership is "the smallest of all the issues facing the viaduct." I want to make the City Hall clock tower my evil lair someday. I have a few renderings. The only thing standing in the way is ownership, but that'll sort itself out.<br /><br />For the record, I've lived in a trinity off Vine for five years and have participated in the one-time-a-year Spring Cleanup since it began.<br /><br />I would have no problem with the Reading Viaduct being a park. Who would? It's an amazing concept, like flying cars or healthy bacon.<br /><br />Maybe you've proven me wrong. If the Callowhill Neighborhood Organization has plans for the dozens of small lots surrounding the viaduct - lots too small to build on, but large enough to park PPA scofflaws - then I humbly stand corrected. <br /><br />But I've never seen a proposal or plan to do anything with this type of land. I've never seen the CNA mention the poorly paved sidewalks, or anyone try to address these manageable demons with the same dedication seen on behalf of the viaduct. <br /><br />If Callowhill looks that much better from thirty feet above, maybe it doesn't matter.Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06900938587407614521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907973584782999976.post-20364201099489592442013-10-24T10:26:51.233-04:002013-10-24T10:26:51.233-04:00Nice to sit outside the neighborhood and throw sto...Nice to sit outside the neighborhood and throw stones from your own comfy condo in whatever neighborhood you are in. As a non resident you obviously do not see the transformation that has already happened in just a few short years here in Callowhill. However, further transforming this neighborhood is going to take more than just a broom as you suggest.<br /><br />"they should be working to redevelop vacant property, wrangling retail and service business, and trying to make their neighborhood feel more like a neighborhood." <br /><br />Again, said someone who doesn't live here. It does feel like a neighborhood to me, and live right in the middle of the neighborhood along 12th street. Try coming to our community meetings, or helping with the spring clean up or one of several other local events that happen in the community.<br /><br />Redeveloping vacant property in Calowhill is already happening. Take a look at the number of construction permits that have been filed, come to a community meeting once and while and listen to developers talk about how they are going to rehab this building or that. There are at least 50 new housing units slated to be finished or started within the next year.<br /><br />All of those additional residents will bring in the retail and service business which will attract more residential units. And all of that with no green area to speak of and a giant neglected abandoned eye sore that cuts through the middle of the neighborhood. <br /><br />Leaving the Viaduct to rot will help no one and still cost tax payers money to maintain in its rotting state. Tearing it down is ridiculously expensive and leaves a gaping hole in the neighborhood. Turning the area into a park is the cheapest and quickest option that further accelerates development in the area. This will further increases the tax base and in the long run will actually make money for tax payers. Money that would be lost if it was left to rot or was torn down.<br /><br />The real estate mess will get sorted out one way or the other. Seriously that is like the smallest of all the issues facing the viaduct. No one said the Viaduct projects would be easy or that they would all happen tomorrow. Lets start with a small park along the spur and work from there and see how goes. <br /><br />- C. Thomas<br />Callowhill Neighborhood ResidentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com