The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s plan to construct
a 21-story tower at South Street and
Schuylkill Avenue has been met with some resistance from the Philadelphia City
Planning Commission's Design Review Committee.
It wants the site to be "better connected to the river
and the city and be less 'auto-centric,' "
PlanPhilly reported. On Tuesday night, the board said that the plan
needs to address traffic concerns, its lack commercial and retail space and
other things. It also wants CHOP to "commit to connection to the
Schuylkill River trail from neighborhood and pedestrian bridge crossing the
railroad tracks, with public amenities as articulated by the community,"
according to PlanPhilly.
The board has instructed CHOP to come back after addressing
those concerns.
The project would be the first of a four-phase master plan
that would create a four-building research campus along the Schuylkill River.
The first phase would entail constructing the 21-story building, which would
total 488,671 square feet and house research and administrative programs. It
would have a 256-space garage and a surface lot that would accommodate another
256 vehicles. It also features a rain garden called Schuylkill Green.
Source: Philadelphia
Business Journal
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