for me being a frequent traveler to Philly and living near it I can honestly say all these new changes will definitely improve 30th street. having better connection between the different transit services will heavily improve the 3rd busiest station in America. I love going to 30th street and I can't wait for all this to come. after all I am a proud railfan of SEPTA and amtrak!
Hudson Yards was proposed and went up in less than 5 years! It takes our city planning commission almost 50 years!! This is the stuff that stops our city from being in the same class as Toronto, Chi, and NYC. We have to take the brakes off of developers and developments and allow them to take place much more quickly. I've seen the market/climate change so quickly, that the developers end up changing their minds, and these proposals eventually get trashed.
Hudson Yards was the largest Privately funded construction project in American history and is also being called a playground for the rich. This is largely a public venture for the people of Philly
@@L33tSkE3t Not to mention the people that died working @ the Salvation Army @ 22nd & Market where originally a tall building was going to be erected, it kind of put a dent in that area for a while & drew concerns, plus the residents in the areas often fight the developers tooth & nail....
@@MykeRomeo2 I'm hoping that the local residents will see the development as a potential growth opportunity for the area that will hopefully create desperately needed jobs and open up more of the inner transportation corridors to allow more freedom of movement of people who may not be able to afford to live in the city but need to work there, but yeah you're probably right, there is always going to be opposition.
The 30th Street Station is an amazing place. It would be good if the tunnel connecting it to the adjacent subway / trolley station can be re-opened. Hopefully the politicians coming into town for the DNC Convention get to see both 30th Street and the Philly transit system working well together. It is good now but it can be much better.
I moved away from Philly area back in 2001. Over the years living in other cities and always coming back to see my family and friends its seem they are using the same designers and material. Every couple of years i come home to visit. Don't get me wrong I think it's pretty but it seems like it's a that type of bluish glass material and some of these new buildings don't seem to have their own unique design like in other cities I've lived in. Either way im proud of being from Philly i just think they need to do something different
@@samuelbennie7690 that & it has something to do with the foundation, it's cuts down on cost & allows buildings to go up much faster by using cheaper materials that are sturdy, someone explained it to me in detail a while back why we don't have circular designs like other cities & often if the structures do stand out, the city zoning board shuts them down so the design firms have to scale back, but to see some of the original renderings are amazing, but it does have a generic look compared to other cities, but if you look @ past tall buildings in center city most are alike for that era especially around 12th, 13th, 16th & Chestnut, Spruce etc, but it's better to see them any day than vacant lots that were once all around the city....
There is also a 25 foot long relief by Karl Bitter in the adjacent room at 30th st station. It is in plaster and shows the evolution of transportation.
i don't know what New Orleans did to their train station because i was just there this past November & a nice station, but it's very outdated & has nothing in there & they may see two trains a day, their city is not the same, now their culture is thriving, but their train station is not. Denver's train station is nice along with it's underground bus station, but the sad thing is the actual train station is a hotel not really for passengers, the waiting area for train passengers is extremely small, but the station does look nice though....
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I live in Philadelphia, born and raised. I can't express how excited I am to see Philadelphia growing again. 2040 here I come!
I hope the plan is a success! LOVE PHILLY "My home sweet home"
for me being a frequent traveler to Philly and living near it I can honestly say all these new changes will definitely improve 30th street. having better connection between the different transit services will heavily improve the 3rd busiest station in America. I love going to 30th street and I can't wait for all this to come. after all I am a proud railfan of SEPTA and amtrak!
Hudson Yards was proposed and went up in less than 5 years! It takes our city planning commission almost 50 years!! This is the stuff that stops our city from being in the same class as Toronto, Chi, and NYC. We have to take the brakes off of developers and developments and allow them to take place much more quickly. I've seen the market/climate change so quickly, that the developers end up changing their minds, and these proposals eventually get trashed.
Hudson Yards was the largest Privately funded construction project in American history and is also being called a playground for the rich. This is largely a public venture for the people of Philly
@@L33tSkE3t Not to mention the people that died working @ the Salvation Army @ 22nd & Market where originally a tall building was going to be erected, it kind of put a dent in that area for a while & drew concerns, plus the residents in the areas often fight the developers tooth & nail....
@@MykeRomeo2 I'm hoping that the local residents will see the development as a potential growth opportunity for the area that will hopefully create desperately needed jobs and open up more of the inner transportation corridors to allow more freedom of movement of people who may not be able to afford to live in the city but need to work there, but yeah you're probably right, there is always going to be opposition.
The 30th Street Station is an amazing place. It would be good if the tunnel connecting it to the adjacent subway / trolley station can be re-opened. Hopefully the politicians coming into town for the DNC Convention get to see both 30th Street and the Philly transit system working well together.
It is good now but it can be much better.
I moved away from Philly area back in 2001. Over the years living in other cities and always coming back to see my family and friends its seem they are using the same designers and material. Every couple of years i come home to visit. Don't get me wrong I think it's pretty but it seems like it's a that type of bluish glass material and some of these new buildings don't seem to have their own unique design like in other cities I've lived in. Either way im proud of being from Philly i just think they need to do something different
I think the glass design is for environmental purposes.
@@samuelbennie7690 that & it has something to do with the foundation, it's cuts down on cost & allows buildings to go up much faster by using cheaper materials that are sturdy, someone explained it to me in detail a while back why we don't have circular designs like other cities & often if the structures do stand out, the city zoning board shuts them down so the design firms have to scale back, but to see some of the original renderings are amazing, but it does have a generic look compared to other cities, but if you look @ past tall buildings in center city most are alike for that era especially around 12th, 13th, 16th & Chestnut, Spruce etc, but it's better to see them any day than vacant lots that were once all around the city....
let's make this happen
Something like this in Sacramento would be great :D especially when the California HSR phase 1 is built and phase 2 (Modesto-Sacramento) can start :)
There is also a 25 foot long relief by Karl Bitter in the adjacent room at 30th st station. It is in plaster and shows the evolution of transportation.
So it’s 8 years later, the plan looks a little stalled. Will we still get that beautiful new city center over the rail yard branching out to mantua?
Waow all of this is going to happen in my life time😮🇺🇸🍔📷
So, what has happened in the last 5 months? And things moving forward?
good luck !
Philly should proceed as the former nations capital would be a plus
The year of 2050 is a long way off, you see. The 30th Street Station at Philadelphia, PA being changed is in the near future.
The two huge skyscrapers are supposed to be completed by 2028.
2028? damn and their on skyscraperpage diagrams as proposed but most buildings that are proposed either get built within a few years or never
Denver did the same thing and so did New Orleans and Kansas City. every station is the hub of the city.
They are smaller cities got no where near the
Same problems
i don't know what New Orleans did to their train station because i was just there this past November & a nice station, but it's very outdated & has nothing in there & they may see two trains a day, their city is not the same, now their culture is thriving, but their train station is not. Denver's train station is nice along with it's underground bus station, but the sad thing is the actual train station is a hotel not really for passengers, the waiting area for train passengers is extremely small, but the station does look nice though....
And now we don't have the Solari Board
At this point, empty talk. Make it happen.
Crappy actors pretending to impress each other with nary a thought toward engaging us viewers, let alone any one of the surrounding districts encompassing the subject each of them`s blathering about. And that input `You`re either at the table or on the menu` proves the overall exclusionary goal quite tellingly.
trainrover yeah not
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