Community shows support for Lincoln Square development at Broad and Washington

The scene from community meetings for Bart Blatstein‘s massive Broad and Washington project is vastly different than the scene at last night’s South of South Neighborhood Association meeting. The developers behind the Lincoln Square project being proposed for the northwest

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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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Lincoln Square development in the works for northwest corner of Broad and Washington

While Blatstein’s massive development has been the talk of the town with a 32-story tower, rooftop village and 1,000 residential units being planned for Broad and Washington, it’s not the only development being planned for this intersection. Previous plans for

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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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