US Airways Arena

Proposal for: Medium Sized Arena

Location: Delaware Avenue at Christian Street

Description: 10,000 seat indoor arena to replace the Spectrum in size. Located on the waterfront it has roof top lawn with a sunbathing hump that accomodates the indoor needs of the arena. It is located within the historic fronts of the existing municipal terminals buildings.

Philadelphia Family Court Building

Proposal for: New Philadelphia Family Court Building

Location: 1501 Arch Street

Description: 27 Story court building with court rooms stacked on the east facade with small windows to control natural light. Circulation is around the north, west and south. The 17th floor houses the family meeting and supervised visitation which can take place inside or on outside with views from City Hall to the Art Museum.

800 Market Street

Proposal for: Transportation Hub and Office Component

Location: 800 Market Street

Description: Septa, NJ Transit, Greyhound bus terminal on three floors above retail. Office tower above terminal outdoor spaces that overlook the street. Premiere corner retail site.

Office Tower

Proposal for: New Office Building

Location: 1919 Market Street

Description: 40 Story office building. First rentable floor is 7 stories in the air creating an open public plaza at the base that extends down the Septa station below. The east facade a large urban canvas for large scale art and video displays.

Hotel

Proposal for: Hotel



Location: Northeast corner of Broad and Washington



Description: 25 story hotel (left side) with 2 story conference / meeting rooms (right side)

Carpenter's Wharf

Proposal for: The Central Delaware - at Penns Landing

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Location: The Philadelphia Waterfront from The Ben Franklin Bridge to Washington Avenue

Description: The total replacement of Penns Landing with "Carpenter's Wharf", the orginal name for the area. The proposal first calls for an office tower at the end of Market Street that matches the height of William Penn at City Hall. The top two protruding stories of this tower are to house the Atwater-Kent Museum of the City of Philadelphia. This would allow visitors to be able to see the plan of the city from William Penn's view point. A low building is adjacent and houses shopping and a market on the ground floor and artisan spaces on the second and third floors.

Second. The river is brought back into the site and closer to Delaware Ave. Instead of rebuilding piers there are a series of "islands" that vistors can walk through and experience landscapes, hisoric maritime vessels, shopping, outdoor events and a revamped Seaport Museum that would house a National Waterway Transportation Museum (more on that later).

Third. Interstate 95 would have the North bound lanes lowered between Walnut Street and Race Street, and the South bound lanes lowered from Chestnut Street to Race Street to accomodate a cap the would go from the high point of Market and Front down the low point of Market and Delaware. This rebuilds what was there prior to the expressway. See Phillyhistory.org for the photos. On top of this cap would be infilled with Office buildings centered on Market Street and Residential buildings centered on Chestnut and Walnut Streets. The Residential would sit around a new park bounded by Front Delaware Chestnut and Walnut. With the demolition of the Ritz Parking Garage Independence Park can now flow down to the river and connect to the new riverfront attractions. With in this new park can be the reconstruction Tuns Tavern at the Corner of Water Street and Tuns Alley (Center of the Park). Tuns Tavern is the birthplace of the US Marine Corps. as well as a Revolution Era Meeting House. The Thomas Bond House and the vacant Hamilton Street House will now sit in a park atmoshpere.

Museum of the First Amendment

Proposal for:
The Museum of the First Amendment
to the Constitution of the The United States

Location: 2 West Independence Mall (currently Wachovia Bank Parking Lot)

Description: 6 story, 25,000 s.f. museum with collections related expression of free speech. Media displays of free speech and archives that allow the visitor to search for events that have tested the First Amendment.