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Designation status and decisions from the historic property record.
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Architectural Committee
Committee recommendations are not final Commission decisions.
Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority and Independence National Historical Park to be notified; proposed demolition to be advertised in newspaper of general circulation
Architectural Committee
Committee recommendations are not final Commission decisions.
Action tabled; applicant directed to submit information required under Section 7(f) of the historic preservation ordinance regarding financial hardship and inability to adapt property to reasonable use.
Historical Commission
Architectural Committee
Committee recommendations are not final Commission decisions.
Financial hardship and alternative uses report to be sent to an independent consultant for review. Committee noted report does not study preservation in terms of larger development possible on the two lots and rests on speculative purchase price.
Prior meeting reference: 49 S. Hancock Street prior dealings referenced
Historical Commission
Six-month statutory delay imposed; all documentation including revisions to original report, staff and Committee comments, and third-party comments to be submitted to an independent consultant for evaluation; applicant's attorney to provide Commission staff with details of development rights sale and underground parking agreement
Historical Commission
Prior meeting reference: 337th Stated Meeting, 13 December 1989; prior denial of demolition request for Hancock Street buildings by same applicant
Historical Commission
Historical Commission
Deferred until May meeting; owner to retain another consultant in place of Dr. Steven Feldman
Prior meeting reference: 339th Stated Meeting, 14 March 1990
Historical Commission
Demolition permit denied. Applicant had purchased property aware of its historic designation with stated intention to demolish.
Prior meeting reference: Prior stated meetings of the Philadelphia Historical Commission (multiple prior hearings referenced)
Document type: DC
Rescission conditioned on completion of a Phase 1 archeological study with follow-up archeological study as required; maintenance of 'non-contributing' status to the Old City Historic District.
Prior meeting reference: Designated 26 May 1970; Commission denied demolition application after Taxin family purchase in 1988; Board of L&I Review sustained appeal; current owner Front Street Development Associates purchased property April 2003
Historical Commission
Historical Commission
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