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pasnow t1_j6nclhp wrote

Reply to comment by PhillyAccount in 120 Units Coming to the Banks of the Schuylkill River in Manayunk by ColdJay64

There's hardly a plot of land available in Manayunk. They're buidling triplexes there like its the Jersey Shore.

There's already about 5 or 6 of these complexes along the water, this one will add very little. A cool extension of the SRT so people don't have to dart onto Main Street for a bit would be a nice tradeoff. But seriously all this does is add more traffic. Its outta control the last 10+ years with all these new things that've gone up.

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T_J_S_ t1_j6nddmx wrote

And all those new $900k condos had their first floor flooded with canal water twice in 2020.

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Hoyarugby t1_j6o920a wrote

> There's hardly a plot of land available in Manayunk

Most of Manayunk is zoned for rowhomes only, with height limits. Developers would love the ability to build up on existing rowhome lots, with apartments, but cannot do that because zoning bans them from doing so. But as there is high development in the neighborhood, the developers still want to build, and thus are forced to do it on the only place it is legal to build apartments

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