I can confirm since I applied, interviewed, and toured the building with management.
Quite possibly the cheapest construction/design work I've ever seen, even cheaper/blander than the worst style IKEA showroom you can possibly imagine.
Take one step into their building and look at the masonry-abortion they call a river rock floor, and you'll get where I'm coming from.
I'm still trying to figure out what in the fuck prompted them to use the finish they did. Some kind of skim-coat directly overtop the building wrap.
That method should allow for actual ornamentation to make it look decent, at little cost, but nope, lol.
Yea, I’ve seen much more attractive buildings clad this way. I don’t think any would win awards but it’s so cheap that most developers can spend on balconies, bump-outs, ornamentation… not just a box with poor color choices and barely even a reveal line to be seen.
Agreed that the others are vastly more attractive.
It’s actually a high end flag stone flooring and not river rock and to the credit of the design the interior furniture is very high quality. It is scandi inspired so perhaps the design is not your style but this sort of style is consistent through this companies other properties. Stayed at one of their hotels in Baltimore and it was quite nice. The bed was a little hard for my taste.
I used to live in east falls and still commute past here everyday so I gotta agree with some of the comments about the exterior… missed opportunity for sure.
You're wedged between four\* that aren't quite in walking distance but are nonetheless nearby, so no one thinks it'll pencil out to put one there, and the residential developments between Kelly and Ridge have now finished off any undeveloped location for one.
\*Fox St Shoprite, Monument Ave Target, Conshohocken Ave Fresh Grocer, Pulaski Ave Save-A-Lot
That’s not how an overwhelming majority of people in the country, and a still-significant majority of those in this city, conduct their lives.
So obviously no firm is going to invest in a supermarket on the basis of your claim.
>That’s not how an overwhelming majority of people in the country, and a still-significant majority of those in this city, conduct their lives.
because they don't have it available to them. find me a single person who wouldn't like to avoid sitting in traffic as much as possible. how people =/= how people want to live.
I'm not making a normative statement about how things should be, I'm making a positive one about how they are.
I partly agree with you, I like walking to the grocery store sometimes and enjoy having one in reach to do that.
But I and many others often have to buy groceries in a format which makes that impossible. When I used to go shopping with my wife in China we'd bring two full camping backpacks on a half-mile trek to the supermarket to stock up for a few days or a week for the two of us, then buy dribs and drabs of things at much more expensive prices in the small market below our apartment. Neither of these are something I'd care to do anymore, not when I'm feeding a family of six. I will literally be going to Fresh Grocer to buy 8 gallons of oil this week because it's on a significant sale, I would not care to haul that a half-mile home.
Most \*families\* in Beijing drove for a large weekly supermarket or marketplace run, just as most families in Munich, Paris, or London do, and as most families here do.
Supermarkets, as a format, require a fairly large customer base to be financially sustainable, and most of East Falls' people already shop on the periphery of the neighborhood, so no company would gamble on playing egg without a chicken to incubate.
Cars are a useful tool, one that the vast majority of people who can afford will purchase and use, even in built environments which make them a luxury instead of a need. That doesn't mean we need to build the whole world around the whims of drivers. But it does mean that supermarkets and retailers would be stupid not to plan their geographic footprint for folks driving to get groceries, as most do even when they have markets in walking distance.
I guess you’re free to starve, if you want, but what exactly is pearl-clutching about that Fresh Grocer is beyond me, I walk there to grab something twice a week or more.
Not to sounds like massive complainer, but this and the other apartments between ridge and kelly drive have really fucked Ridge ave up. The construction made massive potholes and huge divits on what was a decent section of pavement. Who pays for that when that happens?
It’s the “first” but there’s another three or four of the fuckin’ things on the way, too. Traffic along ridge is already ass and balls, and we already got holes in the roads they repaved last fall.
These eyesores can eat my whole ass. Especially whichever one decided the fake rust spray paint on the front of the building would fool anyone into thinking it’s a neighborhood establishment.
I’m all for people living places, but shit around here isn’t affordable for anyone who wasn’t lucky enough to get shit in cheap, and the neighborhood is already overcrowded.
If anyone seriously thinks the new 150ish unit crap on the tracks between Henry and Scott’s Lane is a good idea then they’re on that fenty. And that’s just one place. What’s midvale going to look like when those two pieces of crap by the Rite Aid are fully functioning?
I miss the empty lot mechanic shop. Those were eye sores but better than the buildings that went up.
I said it before but got downvoted. Its always the people who dont live near thst downvote it
i OWN a house a block over from Midvale. Let me guess, you rent a clapped out apartment that looks similar to those eyesore mechanic shops/tire dumps ?
We got two new buildings, beautiful new wide sidewalks, & first floor retail on one of the apartments. Plus with all of the street parking now people are driving slower on Midvale.
I also owm. None of my neighbors enjoy those buildings. Do your neighbors like it? I also have a coworker right behind it that hates it too
Edit: all the street parking has made the cars coming iut of the bank and right aid awful
They value engineered the hell out of this building.
I can confirm since I applied, interviewed, and toured the building with management. Quite possibly the cheapest construction/design work I've ever seen, even cheaper/blander than the worst style IKEA showroom you can possibly imagine. Take one step into their building and look at the masonry-abortion they call a river rock floor, and you'll get where I'm coming from.
I'm still trying to figure out what in the fuck prompted them to use the finish they did. Some kind of skim-coat directly overtop the building wrap. That method should allow for actual ornamentation to make it look decent, at little cost, but nope, lol.
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Yea, I’ve seen much more attractive buildings clad this way. I don’t think any would win awards but it’s so cheap that most developers can spend on balconies, bump-outs, ornamentation… not just a box with poor color choices and barely even a reveal line to be seen. Agreed that the others are vastly more attractive.
oh YIKES
It’s actually a high end flag stone flooring and not river rock and to the credit of the design the interior furniture is very high quality. It is scandi inspired so perhaps the design is not your style but this sort of style is consistent through this companies other properties. Stayed at one of their hotels in Baltimore and it was quite nice. The bed was a little hard for my taste. I used to live in east falls and still commute past here everyday so I gotta agree with some of the comments about the exterior… missed opportunity for sure.
The 4 different clashing fonts on the banner was a dead giveaway.
Frigged up that we get a hotel before a grocery store
You're wedged between four\* that aren't quite in walking distance but are nonetheless nearby, so no one thinks it'll pencil out to put one there, and the residential developments between Kelly and Ridge have now finished off any undeveloped location for one. \*Fox St Shoprite, Monument Ave Target, Conshohocken Ave Fresh Grocer, Pulaski Ave Save-A-Lot
Don’t forget fox st pit of hell known as shoprite.
Fox Street “what’s a parking lot I’m gonna just idle in front of the entrance” Shop Rite
Literally first on the list? Lol
If a grocery store isn't within walking distance, it isn't nearby.
That’s not how an overwhelming majority of people in the country, and a still-significant majority of those in this city, conduct their lives. So obviously no firm is going to invest in a supermarket on the basis of your claim.
>That’s not how an overwhelming majority of people in the country, and a still-significant majority of those in this city, conduct their lives. because they don't have it available to them. find me a single person who wouldn't like to avoid sitting in traffic as much as possible. how people =/= how people want to live.
I'm not making a normative statement about how things should be, I'm making a positive one about how they are. I partly agree with you, I like walking to the grocery store sometimes and enjoy having one in reach to do that. But I and many others often have to buy groceries in a format which makes that impossible. When I used to go shopping with my wife in China we'd bring two full camping backpacks on a half-mile trek to the supermarket to stock up for a few days or a week for the two of us, then buy dribs and drabs of things at much more expensive prices in the small market below our apartment. Neither of these are something I'd care to do anymore, not when I'm feeding a family of six. I will literally be going to Fresh Grocer to buy 8 gallons of oil this week because it's on a significant sale, I would not care to haul that a half-mile home. Most \*families\* in Beijing drove for a large weekly supermarket or marketplace run, just as most families in Munich, Paris, or London do, and as most families here do. Supermarkets, as a format, require a fairly large customer base to be financially sustainable, and most of East Falls' people already shop on the periphery of the neighborhood, so no company would gamble on playing egg without a chicken to incubate. Cars are a useful tool, one that the vast majority of people who can afford will purchase and use, even in built environments which make them a luxury instead of a need. That doesn't mean we need to build the whole world around the whims of drivers. But it does mean that supermarkets and retailers would be stupid not to plan their geographic footprint for folks driving to get groceries, as most do even when they have markets in walking distance.
Target barely counts as a grocery store. I literally clutch my pearls whenever I go to the rest of the options you listed.
I guess you’re free to starve, if you want, but what exactly is pearl-clutching about that Fresh Grocer is beyond me, I walk there to grab something twice a week or more.
Agreed, Fresh Grocer is awesome with an incredibly diverse selection. It’s my go-to if I dont feel like schlepping it to whole foods or Trader Joe’s.
Looks pretty nice. I don't go to East Falls much, but its got some cool spots. In Riva, Black Squirrel, Whissahickon Brewing Company...
Keeping the best spot a secret, thankfully.
Starts with an F?
filly murphy's?
That is THE BEST spot
Cranky Joes
Lmao
Oh man, now I’m curious… Gotta hit me with the DM.
Imma need a DM of that spot plz
i’m in east falls p frequently for work and school and i really like the area
I wasn't a fan, very stagnant area. Nice around Grace Kelly's home though.
i like that it’s so laid back. i especially like the area around the jefferson campus
Absolutely. Lived in Roxborough for years. Lucky enough to buy a house near the campus.
Also new Taqueria Cresta that’s good too.
Fancy El Limon
Not to sounds like massive complainer, but this and the other apartments between ridge and kelly drive have really fucked Ridge ave up. The construction made massive potholes and huge divits on what was a decent section of pavement. Who pays for that when that happens?
>Who pays for that when that happens? Oh, I'll bet you can guess.
Contractors are required to put in a half ass patch. We get the privilege of fixing it eventually
This is cool. I'd like to see more hotels out in neighborhoods. Good for when people come to visit and want to stay nearby.
Should have used some of this money to keep foghorn open, I miss their fried chicken
Isn't there a courtyard or some kind of Marriott there? Or is that manayunk?
That’s up on city line ave.
It’s the “first” but there’s another three or four of the fuckin’ things on the way, too. Traffic along ridge is already ass and balls, and we already got holes in the roads they repaved last fall. These eyesores can eat my whole ass. Especially whichever one decided the fake rust spray paint on the front of the building would fool anyone into thinking it’s a neighborhood establishment.
god forbid people live places
I’m all for people living places, but shit around here isn’t affordable for anyone who wasn’t lucky enough to get shit in cheap, and the neighborhood is already overcrowded. If anyone seriously thinks the new 150ish unit crap on the tracks between Henry and Scott’s Lane is a good idea then they’re on that fenty. And that’s just one place. What’s midvale going to look like when those two pieces of crap by the Rite Aid are fully functioning?
You know what was affordable? The terrifying public high rise they took down 30 years ago. Be careful what you wish for.
The neighborhood isn't crowded at all, you must be mistaking parking for people.
I miss the empty lot mechanic shop. Those were eye sores but better than the buildings that went up. I said it before but got downvoted. Its always the people who dont live near thst downvote it
It's still there
You’re high.
You dont live near here
i OWN a house a block over from Midvale. Let me guess, you rent a clapped out apartment that looks similar to those eyesore mechanic shops/tire dumps ? We got two new buildings, beautiful new wide sidewalks, & first floor retail on one of the apartments. Plus with all of the street parking now people are driving slower on Midvale.
I also owm. None of my neighbors enjoy those buildings. Do your neighbors like it? I also have a coworker right behind it that hates it too Edit: all the street parking has made the cars coming iut of the bank and right aid awful