Molovinsky On Allentown has rented temporary space in Philadelphia to help in predicting Allentown's future. I use my father's old meat truck route all the way down Broad Street to get to the new office, which is high over the city near Rittenhouse Square. Although J. B. Reilly hopes for a taste of the sophistication which surrounds Rittenhouse, I think that he better not hold his breath. The area between Broad and Rittenhouse is full of beautiful classic buildings, unlike Allentown, where the older buildings have been demolished to make way for new plain mid-rises of architectural meagerness.
However, lets get back to the meat truck route. North Broad Street is a litter filled desolation of urban decay. Apparently gentrification doesn't spread like wildfire. I'm afraid that J. B. will have to learn how to clone the few millennials he supposedly attracted to the Stratas.
In conclusion, I give Reillyville a slight chance of success in terms of any energy resembling the Rittenhouse area of Philadelphia. Fortunately for him it's our tax money funding his NIZ. For Allentown beyond Linden and Walnut Streets, my best recommendation would be a trash can every ten feet. Maybe some of the litter will accidentally land in them.
On spot MM. As long as tax money keeps flowing, JB will profit. I drove through Allentown the other day and I must say the new development is impressive. However to get there, I drove through the city and found it appalling. Garbage, shacks, double parking, sidewalk drinking, very loud music and etc, I thought I was in a third world nation. Allentown needs more politicians like Guridy and Mota, their diversified leadership has been so successful that Allentown is on a course with destruction; it is already there.
ReplyDeleteWhile no longer a resident of A-Town, I occasionally read the MCall internet version. Here's a quote that is unbelievable:
ReplyDeleteIn that filing, attorneys for PPL Plaza’s owner cite Pennsylvania’s eminent domain code in requesting “just compensation” exceeding $10 million. They argue the NIZ has effectively condemned PPL Plaza, constituting a “de facto taking of the property for which just compensation must be paid.”
You can't make this up. A building constructed in 2006, has now been rendered obsolete!
Reillyville?? Excellent!
ReplyDeleteIt should be known as the peoplez palace o sport and pokomon villiage. Just keeping it in the downtown loop?
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