Opinion: West Philly needs housing, not more parking
Opinion writer Will Tung argues against the inclusion of a parking lot in a development proposed for his West Philadelphia neighborhood.
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Opinion writer Will Tung argues against the inclusion of a parking lot in a development proposed for his West Philadelphia neighborhood.
It came suddenly, like the floodwaters that inundate Eastwick during a storm. For about a decade, SEPTA had vetted and planned to buy a 29-acre abandoned industrial site in Southwest Philadelphia to store and maintain the mammoth new light-rail vehicles it would use to modernize the city’s trolley system. And then Amazon beat them to it, with more money. Much more. The area’s political leaders ...