{"id":777,"date":"2016-08-13T14:18:43","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T18:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silvergoldberry.com\/?p=777"},"modified":"2024-01-20T15:28:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T19:28:23","slug":"devastationdevelopmentdisruption-on-philadelphias-jewelers-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/silvergoldberry.com\/?p=777","title":{"rendered":"Devastation\/Development\/Disruption on Philadelphia&#8217;s Jewelers Row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"056\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/birdgirlnow\/16714411147\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7631\/16714411147_cf74a94501_c.jpg\" alt=\"056\" width=\"800\" height=\"544\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Photo- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/birdgirlnow\/\">Amanda Stockwell<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard about this yet, check out the following links:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Philly.com Article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/business\/real_estate\/commercial\/20160813_Uncertainty_surrounds_Toll_Bros__s_Jewelers__Row_plans_as_merchants_lament.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/business\/real_estate\/commercial\/20160813_Uncertainty_surrounds_Toll_Bros__s_Jewelers__Row_plans_as_merchants_lament.html<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Philadelphia Magazine Article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.phillymag.com\/citified\/2016\/08\/12\/demolish-jewelers-row-toll-bros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.phillymag.com\/citified\/2016\/08\/12\/demolish-jewelers-row-toll-bros\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Hidden City Article\" href=\"http:\/\/hiddencityphila.org\/2016\/08\/jewelers-row-under-threat-by-toll-brothers-heres-the-basics-what-you-can-do\/#comment-176880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/hiddencityphila.org\/2016\/08\/jewelers-row-under-threat-by-toll-brothers-heres-the-basics-what-you-can-do\/#comment-176880<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After finding out about this project yesterday, I can&#8217;t sit idle and hope for the best. The Hidden City article above mentions that the Mayor and Council could find a way to delay or alter the plans. I am taking that as a call to action and\u00a0have decided to send the following\u00a0email to City Councilman Mark Squilla, Mayor James Kenney and all of the At-Large Council Members. Feel free to do the same. My email can be found at the bottom of this post and anyone is welcome\u00a0to copy, paste and edit the text to use, or write your own, but I encourage something.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can also sign the petition at Change.org<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/d18kwxxua7ik1y.cloudfront.net\/product\/embeds\/v1\/change-embeds.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"change-embed-petition\" data-petition-id=\"7927295\">Signing and sharing a petition is a good thing, but continued constituent pressure on elected officials is always a strong tool for change.<\/div>\n<p>Thanks!<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Barbara Baur, Jeweler<br \/>\nP.O. Box 22116<br \/>\nPhiladelphia, PA 19136<br \/>\nbarb@barbbaur.com<\/p>\n<p>Councilman Mark Squilla<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Mark.Squilla@phila.gov\">Mark.Squilla@phila.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Office of the Mayor<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:James.Kenney@phila.gov\">James.Kenney@phila.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>cc: At-Large City Council Members:<br \/>\nBlondell Reynolds Brown<br \/>\nAllan Domb<br \/>\nDerek S. Green<br \/>\nWilliam K Greenlee<br \/>\nHelen Gym<br \/>\nDavid Oh<br \/>\nAl Taubenberger<\/p>\n<p>Via email<\/p>\n<p>August 13, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Kenney and Councilman Squilla,<br \/>\nI am appalled to read about the impending demolition on Jewelers Row. It is a travesty to allow development to destroy the fabric of the oldest Jewelry District in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>It is beyond understanding why a major change to a historic district was done secretly with the knowledge of both of your offices, only becoming public in the last two days. Now that the plans are made public, it is your responsibility to address public outcry and correct this situation, no matter how \u201clegal\u201d or \u201cby-right\u201d the arrangement may be. Legality should not be the only standard by which decisions are made in our city.<\/p>\n<p>As a city, Philadelphia recently received the World Heritage City designation. Is this any way to respect our heritage? This is not just a heritage in the past, but a heritage that is continuing today! This short-sighted developer will not be respecting this\u00a0heritage by having \u201cjewelers on the ground floor\u201d and \u201ckeeping the cornice line\u201d as stated by the Mayors Spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>Allowing this project to move forward is not about just the buildings, it will destroy the rare community of entrepreneurs that exist in these buildings. The occupants of these buildings are a community of jewelers, artists and crafts people that could rival any small business incubator project, no matter how well funded. There are many other properties nearby that would not cause the kind of disruption caused by this project.<\/p>\n<p>I call upon Councilman Squilla to exercise his \u201cCouncilmanic privilege\u201d \u00a0and find a way to block this demolition. Additionally I request for Mayor James Kenney and At-Large Councilmen to support preserving not just these buildings, but just as importantly, the small business community of Philadelphia\u2019s Jewelers Row.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Barbara Baur<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Photo- Amanda Stockwell &nbsp; If you haven&#8217;t heard about this yet, check out the following links: http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/business\/real_estate\/commercial\/20160813_Uncertainty_surrounds_Toll_Bros__s_Jewelers__Row_plans_as_merchants_lament.html http:\/\/www.phillymag.com\/citified\/2016\/08\/12\/demolish-jewelers-row-toll-bros\/ &nbsp; http:\/\/hiddencityphila.org\/2016\/08\/jewelers-row-under-threat-by-toll-brothers-heres-the-basics-what-you-can-do\/#comment-176880 &nbsp; After finding out about this project yesterday, I can&#8217;t sit idle and hope for the best. 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