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Proper-Code7794 t1_j5p9a5u wrote

Reply to comment by Scumandvillany in Why the Provident building’s gorgeous transformation is still a missed opportunity by deltavim

Why are you trying to shove the police into a building that's not a police station not in center City to make Inga saffron happy??? The city didn't even own the building and it's not designed to be a police station

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Brunt-FCA-285 t1_j5py0pq wrote

Well, the Inquirer building wasn’t designed to be a police station, either, yet now it is. Also, the city did purchase the building in 2008, only to sell it in 2020.

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Proper-Code7794 t1_j5tqnpv wrote

Yeah the city was sort of pressured to purchase it. Why don't you live in a gas station it's almost like you have to design buildings for their actual purpose.

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Brunt-FCA-285 t1_j5vkig6 wrote

I see what you’re saying. I recommend reading up on adaptive reuse to see how one can retrofit a building to meet new requirements. There are plenty of examples in the city, such as the music venue Union Transfer once being a baggage storage facility for the Reading Railroad, the Pennsylvania Convention Center being located in the former Reading Terminal railway station, or the former West Philadelphia High School building being converted into apartments.

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Proper-Code7794 t1_j60op3q wrote

High Schools to apartments are actually easy. Malls to office space a dream. It's commercial spaces going to residential. Like a church sucks as a condo setup. Visually stunning. Impossible to climate control and plumb.

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