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City's new redevelopment plan targets neighborhoods "in the middle"
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City's new redevelopment plan targets neighborhoods "in the middle"
This might be a really good idea.
Today at Girard College, Mayor Nutter and Paul Brophy, of consulting firm Brophy & Reilly, announced a new redevelopment plan that will target neighborhoods "in the middle" and at risk of blight, in contrast to existing initiatives that only target those already blighted.
Baltimore started doing this a decade ago, naming it the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative, and — despite some setbacks because of the recession — it's been widely regarded as successful. Take B-more neighborhood Belair-Edison, which had been facing large numbers of foreclosures in the late '90s due to predatory real estate practices. After less than two years with HNI, the average house price in the neighborhood shot up 6 percent, and 50 percent fewer houses in the neighborhood were up for sale.
So, sounds like a pretty good idea, right?
According to Brophy's report "Protecting Philadelphia's Backbone: A Strategy for Vital Neighborhoods," though, Fishtown, Fairmount and East Mount Airy are the three "in the middle" neighborhoods that will initially be targeted. Perhaps I'm overly optimistic, but it seems to me that Fishtown, Fairmount (especially Fairmount) and East Mount Airy are "slightly above the middle," and places like Brewerytown and Port Richmond might be better targets.
But again, maybe I'm being too optimistic about those neighborhoods. (Or pessimistic — I lived in Port Richmond a couple years ago.) Thoughts, Clogs and Clogettes?
Kyle, I live in PR East of Aramingo, so my daily experience is what drives my opinion of the neighborhood. Roughshod may be a little strong but there enough people on my block who don't give a shit about themselves or their house for me to call it that. Again, my point was the area west of Aramingo needs the help, not the river side. I don't know what is "emerging" about Port Richmond, its been relatively stable for years. If people think this section is where all the hipsters are going to go when they get priced out of Northern Liberties and Fishtown...I would tend to disagree.
I've lived in Port Richmond east of Aramingo for the past 6 years, and we're anything but "roughshod". As with any emerging neighborhood, things change quickly and faster than memory serves from the last time you were here perhaps. There's new construction and a lot of rehabbing going on now, minus the commercial development which has kept PR below the radar, unlike Fishtown. Not sure what is holding up redevelopment of Richmond Street as there are many vacant storefronts and a changing demographic.
If they're talking about the section of Port Richmond on the non-river side of aramingo, I agree...the river side is a little roughshod but there are a lot of very nice blocks.
Any idea of what this initiative will actually involve? And yes, Port Richmond does seem to be a better target then Fairmount at least. Mayfair seems like another good candidate.
I live in Fairmount, and while I'd love to see sidewalks repaired, it doesn't FEEL like we need to be protected from blight. Please don't tell anyone I might want to sell my house to!
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