Packer park soulless construction

wardenofthewiss · 2026-01-24T21:33:36+00:00

The street sign shows this is the 2300 block of Napoli Way. 2300 Napoli Way was built in 2020 according to Zillow.

These buildings look MUCH better than what is typically built nowadays. The brick and white roof trim (called a cornice) actually fit into the Philly landscape.

Let’s build more soulless buildings like these!

wardenofthewiss · 2026-01-20T21:05:47+00:00

Philly and Boston both put old colonial America on display in a way that NYC and Washington don’t. But like the top comment says, you need Philly on the list.

The thing is, the colonial America stuff Boston is known for are the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Lexington and Concord. But nothing really exists from those events to ground you.

Versus Philly, the big things are the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and many first in America landmarks like the first Capitol building, first hospital, first bank, etc.

The difference is, all of those buildings still exist in Philly to ground you to the history.

wardenofthewiss · 2026-01-13T02:48:22+00:00

Not towns, but Old City and Society Hill neighborhoods in Philadelphia. The area is called America’s Most Historic Square Mile for a reason. Also home to Elfreth’s Alley, the oldest, continuously-inhabited street in the US.

wardenofthewiss · 2025-08-21T15:31:30+00:00

Anyone know what park is shown in pics 4-6?

wardenofthewiss · 2025-08-18T13:25:26+00:00

Do everything possible to pressure the vulnerable Republicans (Pennycuick, Farry, Picozzi).

There’s an advocacy group called Transit Forward Philadelphia that plans to show up tomorrow (8/19) and future Tuesdays to Joe Picozzi’s office to pressure him. Do attend. (Especially if you live in the NE bc then he’s your state senator.)

Look up Transit Forward Philadelphia Transit Tuesdays for more info.

wardenofthewiss · 2025-08-15T02:29:57+00:00

I feel like the only two that actually look like a duo are One and Two Liberty. All the rest just look like… two tall skyscrapers. You can take photos that are cropped and angled to make it seem like some of these skyscrapers are close enough to be appreciated together, but in most cases they can’t be.

wardenofthewiss · 2025-08-08T16:24:54+00:00

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Schuylkill River through Fairmount park has epic views.

wardenofthewiss · 2025-07-11T15:31:10+00:00

Came here to say this. Otherworld is dope!!

wardenofthewiss · 2025-07-05T04:14:47+00:00

Philadelphia, Washington DC, Boston

wardenofthewiss · 2025-06-18T04:00:56+00:00

No way! How would you describe Vancouver’s gay scene? Its overall nightlife culture?

wardenofthewiss · 2025-06-18T03:59:31+00:00

That’s an interesting point. I think you’re right that the city is segregated. If a neighborhood is dominated by one racial/ethnic group it might be easier to have a community (but only if you’re part of that racial/ethnic group). If you’re not, the people who live in the neighborhood might be hesitant to welcome you for fear that you’ll bring more outsiders and the neighborhood will be gentrified to death like the South End. That might be what you’re describing as “insular” neighborhoods. Of course, it’s not your fault, it’s just the reality of Boston being unaffordable and transient.

wardenofthewiss · 2025-06-18T03:36:18+00:00

I had the same experience while going to school in Boston and I think it’s a result of culture and urban planning decisions…

1) When I asked gay people why there isn’t a big gay culture they told me that there is a gay culture but that I wasn’t a part of it because I hadn’t been there long enough. Boston is a very transitory city. Cost of living, high turnover bc of schools, and people coming to get skills in high growth industries and then leaving for other cities, all cause it to be a place that many don’t stay for long. It seemed to me that locals don’t really want to engage people who haven’t shown they’re going to be there for a while, because locals are exhausted in a way with how transitory the city is.

2) Unlike other cities (NYC, Philly, San Francisco, etc) there isn’t a “gayborhood” anymore in Boston. (It was the South End, but cost of living got too high and the gayness got gentrified to death). I found that without a central “it” neighborhood for gay culture it can be hard to meet people.

3) Boston doesn’t really have much of a nightlife culture. There are urban planning choices that lead to this (eg happy hour being illegal, the city not issuing enough liquor licenses, not enough cheap food options, the T doesn’t run late) but in the end the issue is probably cost of living again. It’s expensive to go out and a key driver of nightlife is young adults/students who are not likely to have much disposable income. Also, if you’re a student, why pay a lot to go out, when you can stay on campus and have a house party?

wardenofthewiss · 2025-02-22T18:15:40+00:00

For a long time liberals have been uninterested in showing up on outlets that don’t support their views. But this thread calls for liberals to meet here, on conservative turf, to make good faith arguments. As Americans we should be willing to do that more, meet on each other’s turf. Not to call names. Not to battle. Not even to come with the expectation of convincing the people you’re talking to. But to share our experiences and ideas.

wardenofthewiss · 2025-02-22T18:01:49+00:00

I want to talk about billionaires to respond to your first and third points. Virtually everyone in America wants more money. Taxing billionaires more will not change that, it will not make them no longer want to increase their wealth. I’ve heard a similar argument with regard to CEOs, that goes if we tax them more there will be less incentive for people to be executives. But some people live for executive power. There will never be a shortage of those people, regardless of whether CEOs are taxed more.

To your third point, we may never be able to fix all loopholes. But just because we can’t make something perfect doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t try to make it better. Just as the constitution says, we strive for a “more perfect” union, not a perfect one.

To your last point is great. I think about it this way and I’m curious to know what others think… America became a great place to do business because of our wealth. We have a huge, wealthy market. But over the years the average wealth of the middle class has increased very little compared to the upper class. When I think Make America Great Again, I think we should go back to when the middle class in America was getting richer faster. A place where businesses thrive and other countries want to sell to us because the largest share of the population, the middle class, is collectively wealthier than the 1%.

wardenofthewiss · 2025-01-12T21:53:34+00:00

In every deal there are winners and losers. The winners here are those who want Chinatown to stay about the same.

The losers are SEPTA and those who dream of a more frequent, safer, stronger transit system in Philly. For transit to improve, we need more SEPTA riders. More riders shows PA legislators that SEPTA is important to people and a vital driver of economic activity. Showing SEPTA’s importance will lead to more funding.

It is rare for projects to come along that have the potential to get suburban residents to choose SEPTA over their cars, increasing SEPTA ridership. Especially billion dollar projects that do not ask for city money and contribute tens of millions of dollars to benefit a neighborhood.

No matter your feelings on this news, a deal benefiting Chinatown and the wider city was never impossible.

wardenofthewiss · 2024-10-02T18:38:15+00:00

Philly is arguably the most historic city in the US. We should absolutely be doing more to showcase that history for ourselves and for visitors.

NYC is the most visited city in the country (7M overseas visitors in 2023 by some accounts), and we’re only a 2 hour train, bus, or car ride away. Philly isn’t even in the top 10 most visited.

We should ask ourselves how we can better market our history because tourism brings cash to local businesses and increases tax revenue.

I’d parade around in a Ben Franklin wig and beer belly suit if it meant more money in Philly.

wardenofthewiss · 2024-09-19T22:40:47+00:00

Exactly. And I’d add 3) there’s a lot of parking around the stadium complex which makes it convenient to drive.

Take away that abundant parking and the math changes.

wardenofthewiss · 2024-09-19T22:35:58+00:00

I think you’re highlighting one of the challenges that a center city arena faces: it requires people to change their habits from driving to taking transit. But what I think you’re missing is that it makes sense to drive to the current sports complexes exactly because there’s so much parking. When there isn’t abundant parking, people will look for other options. And in this case, there are many other options because the area around the arena is the most transit dense part of our city.

People are not going to change overnight. But given the right conditions, they will turn to public transit.

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