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Unfamiliar_Word t1_j5ld7xg wrote

This does not seem like a particularly architecturally remarkable or interesting building; reconstructing the original façade will be a nice thing do to, but I'm incapable of feeling or thinking that the developers should have some duty to do so or be beholden to a bunch of busybody preservationists. They should be able to tell the Preservation of Alliance of Philadelphia to just shove their heads up their asses, which is probably where they usually keep them, and built whatever they want.

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PhillyAccount t1_j5luoea wrote

Defund the historical commission

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AbsentEmpire t1_j5mjqe4 wrote

This but unironically, the commission is a joke.

Just because a building is old does not mean it has to be preserved forever unchanging because of arbitrary taste in architecture. If a building didn't play an important roll in history it should be up to the property owner what to do with it. People who want to dictate what others can and can't do with their building should be forced to financially compensate the building owner for undermining their property rights for arbitrary reasons.

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