That pier is disgusting…somebody needs to start pulling the rotted pylons from these piers out of the river…they’re uber ugly. On another note, is the burned out Hooters boat still there hulking half sunk under the water?

As for the apartments, why not? They might actually increase the value of Waterfront Square units by creating a buffer (visual and physical) between the casino and Waterfront Square…more people down there is always = good.

twenty stories seems rather dense… what happened to mid-rise (5-12ish stories) close to the river that was part of this area the plan for the central delaware?  why even bother with creating such a master plan and trying to get it approved by council if developers are just going to do whatever they please regardless?

The Hooters boat is on the bottom of the ocean being used as a reef for fish habitat.

Veggie- why is EVERYTHING to dense??? Are you serious? Philadelphia is a major city, yet you people always cry that everything is too big?? What would NYC be, if you people had a say?? What great cities are full of small buildings??? Go back to the burds!l You people make me sick!

screw you, i am not from the burbs (or, in your language, “burds”). don’t own a car, either! why do we need to have a skyscraper and multi-level garage thisclose to the river, cutting off views and access to the rest of the neighborhood?

 philly is not nyc. and a 12 story building is not small.

maybe 5-12 stories doesn’t make it feasible financially?  you could always buy the land and build nothing so your precious views aren’t disturbed.

u people that complain are nothing but big fat losers!  wannabes!  go stuff it!

This was informational only. My guess is that this is by right and outside of the overlay control, possibly because it’s been permitted.

As to if this’ll do better than Waterfront Square, it’ll do better. That awful development did everything it could to not feel like it was part of the city. 

It would be nice if there were rental apartment buildings down by the river. Not sure why this proposal would be considered to be to dense!  The point of a city is to have density. Stop urban sprawl and build within. 

i don’t see how this proposed development will connect to the neighborhood any better than waterfront square. :/ it’s residential with parking on the first 5 floors. where is the mixed-use?? if they are going to throw up 20 stories over there, they should at least include a few commercial spaces. i am more bothered by that than the number of floors.

i’m of the opinion that quality, sensible density can be achieved at the waterfront with multiple mid-rise, mixed-use development.

I agree. That’d be better. But at least it’ll be on the street, not in a gated community.

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If you want to live in a city like New York City, then by all means move there. Bay Ridge is beautiful this time of year. And some great cities that have small buildings: New York City, Rome, Paris, London, Tokyo…etc. 

Another uninspiring blahish rectangular box .  Should fit right in.

http://philaplanning.org/data/FARcatalog.pdf

Height doesn’t necessarily imply density.  This is a huge lot where they want height and not density.  I’d rather them have density.

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 I thought I read somewhere that Sugarhouse had that boat removed. I havn’t been over there to verify.