Philadelphia Inquirer, February 22, 2008 "...the developers identified the high-visibility corner as a good choice for an extended-stay hotel, aimed at serving out-of-towners who visit the West Philadelphia hospitals for outpatient treatment. The developers planned to tear down the house and replace it with a five- to seven-story hotel..."
Neighbors, It was near the end of the meeting. I believe it was the young man with the baseball cap. I'll paraphrase what he asked clearly: Did you try to get permission to demolish the mansion? How many times did he repeat the question? He asked at least twice but I thought three times. (I haven't managed the strength to listen to the audio of that night, and I remember it was near the end of the three hours.) I remember that Lussenhop finally answered "no" Is my recollection correct? The thing is that the Inquirer story would suggest that a plan to demolish the building had in fact been delivered to PHC. This must have occurred at the June PHC hearing and was denied July 11th and called an attempt at "de-listing" (reported in the initial UC Review article). Unless my recollection is incorrect, there seems to be a rather serious contradiction of facts being given. The Inquirer writer is wrong or Mr. Lussenhop is in error? Thoughts?
