Brian Siano wrote:
Pretty much the definition of "silly."
here's what sounds silly: the premise and the experiment.
the premise that west philly is so teeming with people that
we need parklets to provide the public with extra tables and
chairs in the street so that they can enjoy the sun and
shade -- AND that west philly is so teeming with people that
we could do with less parking spots for their cars (or cars
that were once so important to provide thru philly car share).
the experiment that captures parking spaces and converts
them into public places for sitting at tables and chairs --
right next to a big public park.
silly!
ucd continues to treat west philly like it's a teeming
downtown, a bustling congested business district, when it is
neither. ucd's experiment would be better conducted in
downtown center city. (yes, that's a suggestion.)
here's another: perhaps it would be more honest to admit
that what's going on here has less to do with whether or not
people need to be sitting in parking spots at tables and
chairs in order to enjoy the sun and shade, and instead has
more to do with 1) boosting selected businesses or 2)
discouraging driving in the city or 3) promoting ucd or 4)
paving the way for a future BID.
question: will free public-use parklets attached to select
eateries need to be continuously monitored to ensure that
those eateries don't provide food service to the parklets?
and how will that be enforced? or is there some kind of
provision that will allow eateries to provide food service
to their attached public-use parklets?
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