[MNC-list] MNC January 8, 2025 General Meeting Reminder

[Kevin Smith]

ALSO VISIT HTTP://WWW.MANAYUNKCOUNCIL.ORG [1]

ZOOM GENERAL MEETING JANUARY 8, 2025 AT 7:00PM

Register for the meeting
(https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErdO2vrDgtHdQ5EUs02z41CI6p8WZzdrFV)


WHEN REGISTERING PLEASE PICK THE DATE OF THE MEETING YOUR ARE
REGISTERING FOR. 

AFTER REGISTERING, YOU WILL RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION EMAIL CONTAINING
INFORMATION ABOUT JOINING THE MEETING. 

In addition to normal meeting business there will be two zoning cases on
the agenda. 

The cases will involve a presentation and questions and answers with the
presenters. After which the presenters will leave the meeting and the
attendees will hold any additional discussion and finally a vote. Zoning

 270 Shurs Lane 

About two years ago the owner illegally converted the third floor of
this commercial building to apartments and is now seeking to legalize
the conversion. 4045-4061 MAIN STREET--LITTLEWOOD DYE WORKS (DON'T MISS
THIS ONE) 

Time to say goodbye to the Manayunk Historic District. Land owners and
Developers appear to be planning to obliterate the Historic District
Standards and National Historic Standards with a eight-story by 400 foot
residential block. 

For 50 years people have nurtured and defended what is Main Street
today. Three and four story buildings with mixed commercial and
residential. 

The owners of Littlewood Dye Works at 4055-4061 Main, fifth generation
owners of the Dye Works started in the 1860's. The family closed the Dye
Works after the damage from Hurricane Ida in 2021 and put it up for
sale. The reported asking price over $6,000,000. [2] 

This property is on the National Register of Historic Places Inventory
and has been given their highest rating A -- SIGNIFICANT BUILDING OR
STRUCTURE 

 	* The hotel building at Shurs and Main is from before 1850.
 	* Other mill buildings starting in 1869 when Littlewood's first began
operation.

 [3] 

_Birds Eye View_ [4] 

_Early 1800's Hotel. Now the Dye Works office._ [5] 

_Historic Buildings_ 

The developers are proposing to demolish the entire site except for a
small portion of facade retained as pretend preservation apparently to
appease the Historical Commission. 

The Historic District Standards allow a maximum height of 50 feet at
this site (38 feet above the 100 year flood level). 

The proposed building will be the largest building ever built on Main
Street by a wide margin, towering over eight stories and 80 feet above
Main Street and 400 feet long. 

One of the largest, and we believe the tallest, building on Main Street
(historic or otherwise not counting the Bridge Five abomination) is the
old Mad River at 4100 Main, across the intersection from this property.
The 42' tall by 100' wide building is positively dwarfed by the block
proposed by the developers. [6] 

_4100 Main / Old Mad River. Largest building in the central historic
district._ [7] 

_4100 Main dwarfed by the proposal_ [8] 

_4100 / Proposal size comparison_ [9] 

_Central Main Street Dwarfed by the Proposal_ [10] 

_Lower Main Street Dwarfed by the Proposal_ 

The developer has large lineup of experts and reports purporting to show
that no other project could be viable on this site. 

We believe we have already debunked all the, apparently deceptive, straw
man arguments [11], false dichotomies [12], unsupported assertions and
irrelevant comparisons, in these reports, in our letters to the
Historical Commission. 

 	* 04/23/2024 MNC written testimony to the Historical Commission
Architectural Committee [13]
 	* 04/23/2024 MNC oral testimony to the Historical Commission
Architectural Committee [14]
 	* 05/10/2024 MNC written testimony to the Historical Commission [15]
 	* 05/10/2024 MNC written testimony to the Historical Commission [16]
 	* 06/25/2024 MNC written testimony to the Historical Commission
Architectural Committee [17]
 	* 07/12/2024 written testimony to the Historical Commission [18]

The meeting will begin promptly at 7:00 PM. 

Admission will begin 10 minutes before the start. At 6:50: PM. 

Please help us out by joining the meeting early and waiting in the ZOOM
waiting room to be admitted. 

During the meeting, attendees will normally be muted. Use the 'raise
hand' feature of ZOOM when you wish to ask a question. The meeting
administrator will un-mute you and announce you. 
-- 
Kevin Smith, President, Manayunk Neighborhood Council.
(p)215-487-2125  (f)215-487-3812
http://www.manayunkcouncil.org 

 

Links:
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[1] http://www.manayunkcouncil.org
[2]
http://www.manayunkcouncil.org/zoning/main-4045-4061/google-map-4045-4061-main.jpg
[3]
http://www.manayunkcouncil.org/zoning/main-4045-4061/littlewoods-birds-eye.jpg
[4]
http://www.manayunkcouncil.org/zoning/main-4045-4061/littlewoods-hotel.jpg
[5]
http://www.manayunkcouncil.org/zoning/main-4045-4061/littlewoods-cluster.jpg
[6]
http://www.manayunkcouncil.org/zoning/main-4045-4061/4100-main-mad-river.jpg
[7]
http://www.manayunkcouncil.org/zoning/main-4045-4061/4100-main-perspective-comparison.jpg
[8]
http://www.manayunkcouncil.org/zoning/main-4045-4061/perspective-2.png
[9]
http://www.manayunkcouncil.org/zoning/main-4045-4061/2024-06-25-main-4045-4051-AC-Application-p67.jpg
[10]
http://www.manayunkcouncil.org/zoning/main-4045-4061/2024-06-25-main-4045-4051-AC-Application-p65.jpg
[11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
[12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma
[13]
http://www.manayunkcouncil.org/zoning/main-4045-4061/2024-04-18-main-4045-4061-mnc-hc-ac.pdf
[14]
http://www.manayunkcouncil.org/zoning/main-4045-4061/2024-04-23-main-4045-4061-mnc-hc-ac-oral-testimony.txt
[15]
http://www.manayunkcouncil.org/zoning/main-4045-4061/2024-05-10-main-4045-4061-mnc-hc.pdf
[16]
http://www.manayunkcouncil.org/zoning/main-4045-4061/2024-05-10-main-4045-4061-mnc-hc-oral.pdf
[17]
http://www.manayunkcouncil.org/zoning/main-4045-4061/2024-06-25-main-4045-4061-mnc-hc-ac.pdf
[18]
http://www.manayunkcouncil.org/zoning/main-4045-4061/2024-07-12-main-4045-4061-mnc-hc.pdf
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