Just curious what people think of the new building? I assume that it is going to be condos...

I don't mind the look, it just seems so out of place...

I don't like all the garage doors and the entrances without stoops (i.e. at sidewalk level).

However, it is good to see private investment out there.

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I think it looked nicer in the architectural drawing that someone posted. The stucco (or whatever that is) around the top floor windows needs to go...

But agreed, having just purchased on 49th, I'm glad to see that there is development going on...

It is funny to see 3 (or is it 4) houses in plot the size of my property, and it makes me wonder what the sale price is going to me.

Here's the other thread on these from when they started excavation and underminded the house next door right off the bat.

http://www.phillyblog.com/philly/uni...-florence.html

As I recall each of the trinty-condo things is supposed shooting to be around $250K. Not sure about condo fees. One advantage about going condo is that they could never divide the lot into 4 smaller ones otherwise apparently.


i kind of wonder about the impact of the garages on 49th st. trolley and bus traffic actually.

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personally I think the architexture looks atrocious and completely out of place with the neighborhood.

I thought the trolley traffic on 49th was just to/from the repair depot...

And into and out of service. Yes. So every 34 trolley in service starts and ends its day on 49th.

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I walked my dog passed the building this morning and noticed that someone had spray painted "BLIGHT" on the contractor's sign. I don't know if I agree with that assessment entirely, but the structure sure is out of character with the buildings that surround it. It's like someone extirpated a bit of the suburbs and plonked it down at the corner.

yeah, it's that mansard roof.
while many victorians in the area have the same roof so do a lot of 70s and 80s suburban buildings.
i don't like it.

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the roof line is all wrong, but it's the wall of garages on 49th that really kills me (and the streetscape.) perhaps the architect meant them as a memento mori

if nothing else it is good to see that developers now value our neighborhood enough to invest in it. now if we could just convince the folks who live across the street from the garages...