Guy,
I don't disagree at all with these points of yours, and I didn't
actually contend either of those "misconceptions". This is a big city
and a big neighborhood, wherein all sorts of development possibilities
will arise over time. And any real-estate parcel tends to have multiple
possibilities, depending on how you fiddle with it.
It is true, nonetheless, that questions of new job and business
generation will be the chief *strictly economic* concerns that city
planners will weigh when evaluating this or any similar project in our
area. Growth control is not, repeat not, a top priority for the City of
Philadelphia -- a city that has been losing jobs and residents for 50
years -- as it enters 2009. Just look at the City's budget and do the
math yourself. This isn't something I'm advocating, just something I'm
noticing.
-- Tony West
Thanks for clearing up some of the confusion around the question posed
by SH.
I have one question about the facts in your post: your last paragraph
contains the core mis-conception about this Hotel- that if this
project is not built at 40th and Pine that it will never get
built. In addition, the mis-conception is that there will be jobs
lost and families will have no where to stay while their loved ones
are at extended stays in area hospitals. (In fact there is a three
story, extended stay hotel being built on 39th and Spruce right now!)
I hear the same economic argument in your post and I wanted to point
out that none of the economic problems that you mention (loss of jobs
and lack of hotel rooms) will occur if the hotel is built elsewhere.
Guy
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