SRC Admin Administrator Member Bio Joined Jul 1, 2015 Messages 0 Reaction score 25 Nov 6, 2015 #1 Philadelphia | 2100 Market Street
T towerpower123 Senior Member Member Bio Joined Dec 6, 2015 Messages 1,620 Reaction score 477 City: New York Mar 9, 2017 #2 They are doing SOMETHING over here, but it is just pipe work for a "temporary" parking lot rather than a huge tower. The narrow concrete wall structure on the corner is a project for a memorial to the 6 victims of a demolition gone wrong when part of the building fell on top of an adjacent Salvation Army store in 2013. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Philadelphia_building_collapse The website for the June 5th Memorial does not want to load. http://www.june5memorial.org/about/ A Google search for the Memorial shows the renders. https://www.google.com/search?q=214...ch&q=june+5th+memorial+philadelphia&*&imgrc=_ Richard Basciano, who owns the entire site, was found liable in the lawsuit regarding the building collapse, and with the tragedy and resulting controversy, the project was likely put off for a while, although the tower is not on any part of the sites involved in the collapse. "Naked Philly" states that a surface parking lot will in fact be a temporary use for the site. http://www.ocfrealty.com/naked-philly/logan-square/renovation-at-corner-of-21st-market http://www.philly.com/philly/busine...t_site_of_Market_St__industrial_building.html This is also on the same block. Attachments DSCN9248.JPG 1.4 MB · Views: 182 DSCN9251.JPG 1.6 MB · Views: 171 DSCN9252.JPG 2.1 MB · Views: 181 DSCN9255.JPG 2.2 MB · Views: 160 DSCN9256.JPG 2.2 MB · Views: 154 DSCN9257.JPG 1.5 MB · Views: 153 DSCN9258.JPG 1.5 MB · Views: 151 DSCN9262.JPG 1.6 MB · Views: 141
They are doing SOMETHING over here, but it is just pipe work for a "temporary" parking lot rather than a huge tower. The narrow concrete wall structure on the corner is a project for a memorial to the 6 victims of a demolition gone wrong when part of the building fell on top of an adjacent Salvation Army store in 2013. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Philadelphia_building_collapse The website for the June 5th Memorial does not want to load. http://www.june5memorial.org/about/ A Google search for the Memorial shows the renders. https://www.google.com/search?q=214...ch&q=june+5th+memorial+philadelphia&*&imgrc=_ Richard Basciano, who owns the entire site, was found liable in the lawsuit regarding the building collapse, and with the tragedy and resulting controversy, the project was likely put off for a while, although the tower is not on any part of the sites involved in the collapse. "Naked Philly" states that a surface parking lot will in fact be a temporary use for the site. http://www.ocfrealty.com/naked-philly/logan-square/renovation-at-corner-of-21st-market http://www.philly.com/philly/busine...t_site_of_Market_St__industrial_building.html This is also on the same block.
T towerpower123 Senior Member Member Bio Joined Dec 6, 2015 Messages 1,620 Reaction score 477 City: New York Jun 6, 2017 #3 The "temporary" parking lot is complete, and there is little further progress on the memorial on the corner. Attachments DSCN1250.JPG 1.8 MB · Views: 145 DSCN1252.JPG 2.2 MB · Views: 139 DSCN1254.JPG 1.4 MB · Views: 141 DSCN1256.JPG 1.7 MB · Views: 144 DSCN1257.JPG 2 MB · Views: 141 DSCN1258.JPG 1.4 MB · Views: 153
The "temporary" parking lot is complete, and there is little further progress on the memorial on the corner.