Comments on: SugarHouse: It’s Going To Look Like Shit From The Get-Go, And You’re Going To Like It http://www.philebrity.com/2009/05/27/sugarhouse-its-going-to-look-like-shit-from-the-get-go-and-youre-going-to-like-it/ philly's longest-standing cityblog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Patriciohttp://www.philebrity.com/2009/05/27/sugarhouse-its-going-to-look-like-shit-from-the-get-go-and-youre-going-to-like-it/comment-page-1/#comment-11515 Patricio Wed, 27 May 2009 20:30:21 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=22581#comment-11515 As much as I loathe most of the elected officials in city council the fault of this slot barn is all Fat Eddie and the Pennsyltucky politicos. As much as I loathe most of the elected officials in city council the fault of this slot barn is all Fat Eddie and the Pennsyltucky politicos.

]]> By: Hot Messhttp://www.philebrity.com/2009/05/27/sugarhouse-its-going-to-look-like-shit-from-the-get-go-and-youre-going-to-like-it/comment-page-1/#comment-11504 Hot Mess Wed, 27 May 2009 18:04:21 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=22581#comment-11504 Does this mean Johnny Hots will be open 24 7 now? Hope so. Does this mean Johnny Hots will be open 24 7 now? Hope so.

]]> By: luttonhttp://www.philebrity.com/2009/05/27/sugarhouse-its-going-to-look-like-shit-from-the-get-go-and-youre-going-to-like-it/comment-page-1/#comment-11503 lutton Wed, 27 May 2009 17:45:02 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=22581#comment-11503 @jimI suspect the dig is related to future changes of that whole Girard / Delware Ave / I-95 interchange. They did some digging under 95 right at the southeastern tip of Port Richmond Plaza.@tips re Hooverville Mallha; I drive past that nearly everyday. I wonder if those guys have all their licenses and pay their BPT/NPT etc. :( @jim

I suspect the dig is related to future changes of that whole Girard / Delware Ave / I-95 interchange. They did some digging under 95 right at the southeastern tip of Port Richmond Plaza.

@tips re Hooverville Mall

ha; I drive past that nearly everyday. I wonder if those guys have all their licenses and pay their BPT/NPT etc. :(

]]> By: arcticsplasherhttp://www.philebrity.com/2009/05/27/sugarhouse-its-going-to-look-like-shit-from-the-get-go-and-youre-going-to-like-it/comment-page-1/#comment-11498 arcticsplasher Wed, 27 May 2009 16:49:52 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=22581#comment-11498 Given Philly's long history of getting 50% thru a project before quitting (see: BF Parkway, Penns Landing, towers atop the Gallery, etc), you must realize the "interim" slotbox and its sea of surface lots along Del Ave are all we'll ever see from these guys... Given Philly’s long history of getting 50% thru a project before quitting (see: BF Parkway, Penns Landing, towers atop the Gallery, etc), you must realize the “interim” slotbox and its sea of surface lots along Del Ave are all we’ll ever see from these guys…

]]> By: jimhttp://www.philebrity.com/2009/05/27/sugarhouse-its-going-to-look-like-shit-from-the-get-go-and-youre-going-to-like-it/comment-page-1/#comment-11496 jim Wed, 27 May 2009 16:36:28 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=22581#comment-11496 anyone know which of the shipyards is being unearthed right now? large piles of wood abound at the sugarhouse build site. also of note is an archeological dig of some kind just up from penn treaty park on columbia. anyone know the details there?but this whole sugarhouse interim thing stinks of the same thought process behind the Chrysler HQ being convertable to a strip mall project: http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/05/chrysler-hq-designed-for-mall-duty-if-automaker-goes-under/# anyone know which of the shipyards is being unearthed right now? large piles of wood abound at the sugarhouse build site. also of note is an archeological dig of some kind just up from penn treaty park on columbia. anyone know the details there?

but this whole sugarhouse interim thing stinks of the same thought process behind the Chrysler HQ being convertable to a strip mall project: http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/05/chrysler-hq-designed-for-mall-duty-if-automaker-goes-under/#

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