Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:13:18 +0800
We'll be gathering on Civic Center Boulevard as close to Convention Hall as the scaffolding permits. org through which you can write to your elected representatives and urge them to intervene with Penn to spare Convention Hall and the Commercial museum from imminent destruction.
UPDATE: At the conclusion of today's hearing, Judge Carrafiello gave the parties until Tuesday to submit supplemental briefs and said he intends to announce his decision by the end of next week. Robinson voted against the demolition permits.
Earni Young's Thursday Daily News article offers more details of Judge Matthew D.
Robinson voted against the demolition permits.
See April and May items below for further details.
The latest hearing will give opponents of the demolition their say. Binderman, and the Preservation Alliance, whose attorney, Robert J.
Some rights reserved.
Earni Young's Thursday Daily News article offers more details of Judge Matthew D.
Thanks for standing up to demand respect for Philadelphia's history!
It is not yet known whether the PPA will appeal.
Smith for bringing this piece of history to our attention.
This review was required, under the National Historic Preservation Act, because 1.
UPDATE: This hearing continued Wednesday, June 23; further witnesses will be heard sometime after the July 4 holiday. Convention Hall is still intact, however, save for the ongoing interior demolition and salvage, and I don't believe the asbestos removal is completed there yet - that buys a little time. It is one of several pending projects that threaten to drastically alter the character of the neighborhood around the square.
See also Natalie Pompilio's article in last Thursday's Inquirer and previous notes below.
The task force includes former Planning Commission Chairman Gary Hack and John Gallery, Executive Director of the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia. That hearing will resume no sooner than sometime in September. When you rip out groups of buildings wholesale you ruin the overall historic context of the urban landscape and take away from the soul of the city.
