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• Milling/Paving
All milling/paving complete
New pavement excavated by PGW at intersection of 2nd and South and 300 block by PWD. Relatively good patch jobs.
• Tree Pit Lighting
Controller boxes installed
Carr & Duff does not anticipate delivery of the “guts” of the boxes until April 1st at the earliest
This is the 4th postponement of this job so the SSHD has no confidence in this estimate.
• ADA Ramps
Seven ramps were redone and are significantly better
• Miscellaneous
South Street Pedestrian banners have been changed to “South Street” vs “Let it Snow.”
One Way sign finally installed at intersection of South and American Streets after numerous requests.
North side of 700 block sidewalk showing signs of rapid deterioration in front of the condos at the east end. City Engineer has been notified
City Engineer has indicated that they would review sidewalks in the spring and address any issues that arose over the winter.
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South Street Streetscape Project Scope of Work Project extends from 8th Street to Front Street and includes the following: -Replace all traffic signals and control boxes -Replace all sidewalks with concrete tinted light gray -Handicap corner ramps highlighted with darker gray -Replace all pedestrian lights -Install bike racks -Reposition granite curbs to correct height -Install approximately 10 trees per block (dependant upon utility placement) -Mill tar on South Street and repave.
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This project by Bridgeman Developers is proceeding through the approval process with the Society Hill Civic Association. It is expected that we will have the SHCA's decision within a relatively short period of time. The District has voiced its strong belief that this project should receive approval for several reasons: Obviously a 5 star hotel will bring guests with $$'s to spend into our area and will also have the potential of revitalizing the immediate area and portions of South Street. We also support this project because we have been again working with Paul Levy and Councilman DiCicco to use a new to Philadelphia form of financing, called TIF, (Tax Increment Financing) to do the 2nd Street Plaza project mentioned above. TIF's have been used successfully in many cities, especially Chicago, to create new projects using the anticipated additional revenue generated by new constriction.
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SSHHD, partnered with Paul Levy the CEO of the Center City District, to produce drawings for the 2nd Street Plaza located between South and Lombard Streets. The idea is to turn this area into some semblance of a piazza rather than a parking lot. Of course, there had to be no loss of parking in the immediate area which made the project particularly challenging. The project has been through the initial phases with Society Hill Civic Association (SHCA) and Queen Village Neighbors Association (QVNA) and received their support. We are working directly with Councilman DiCicco on creative financing for this project.
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It was a pleasure to see the thousands of daffodils, planted last fall, come up in the spring of 2007. The majority of the bushes and perennials planted when the BBG was redone in June of '06, also survived through the winter and added color to the area. An additional 100 mums were recently planted to carry us into late fall.
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