Design Advocacy Group urges Bart Blatstein to ‘listen carefully to the voices of opposition’

Just after hearing less-than-positive feedback from the Civic Design Review, the Design Advocacy Group has decided to weigh in on Bart Blatstein’s South Philly projects. The plans for a 32-story tower and rooftop village at Broad and Washington and the

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Updated Broad and Washington plans disappoint Civic Design Review

The latest version of Bart Blatstein’s plans for Broad and Washington made a few small, but relatively important changes. This updated plan unveiled two weeks ago included the addition of a prominent stairway for rooftop village access and the placement

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Blatstein adds new stairway to rooftop village in updated Broad and Washington plans

Bart Blatstein presented new plans for his massive Broad and Washington project to the Civic Design Review earlier this month. After seeing the plans once, they decided that Blaststein should bring amended plans for the development back soon after. As a

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Civic Design Review wants to see Blatstein’s Broad and Washington project again

After less-than-favorable community feedback at a recent Hawthorne Empowerment Coalition meeting, developer Bart Blatstein then took his project for the review of the Civic Design Review earlier this week. This “gateway” project for Broad and Washington includes 1,000 residential units,

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Meeting on Thursday to present Broad and Washington plans for neighborhood feedback

You’ve seen the updated Broad and Washington renderings and general plans, but now is your chance to weigh in on this large project from Bart Blatstein in a public forum. The Hawthorne Empowerment Coalition is hosting a meeting for an

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Blatstein responds to criticism of his plans for developing 16-acre Delaware riverfront property

Developer Bart Blatstein has been the talk of South Philly lately, with two developments in the works. He recently released new plans for Broad and Washington, along with news of another riverfront development. Inga Saffron wrote a piece criticizing Blatstein’s

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