KAREN ALLEN wrote:
Tony,
That is not public.
exactly. there have been no real efforts here to have a
public community-wide meeting about this proposed hotel.
lussenhop's 'appearances' thus far (once at an 8 am first
thursday meeting where melani said he didn't have much time,
once at an 8 am meeting at the old folks room on market st.
where there was confusion about the date, once at an shca
election meeting where it wasn't announced to the members,
wasn't on the agenda) -- each of tom's 3 presentations have
been conducted 'under the radar', as though he's somehow
embarrassed or bored or inconvenienced by his project, not
at all like a developer who's enthusiastic or impassioned
about informing as many neighbors as he can about his
11-story hotel at 40th and pine
yet lussenhop and his suits have told the architecture
committee (oct 23) that they'd already had 2 open and public
forums (as glenn and andy witnessed), and lussenhop & co.
reiterated that claim at the philly historic commission
hearing on nov 9. moreover, lussenhop's behind-the-scenes
attempt to delist the property, his private invitations to
selected individuals for cups of coffee, and his non-public
participation on this list have been anything but open and
public.
isn't it time we gave tom "your friendly neighborhood
developer" the public stage he so obviously seeks and
deserves? why doesn't tony west organize a public meeting?
I'd help him publicize it. someone else could bring the
mini-muffins. brian siano could videotape it.
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anyway, for those still playing at home, here's the timeline
so far (corrections welcome):
WED OCT 10 | UC REVIEW'S FIRST PUBLIC ARTICLE ABOUT HOTEL.
it's revealed that lussenhop has tried to get the mansion
delisted earlier in the summer but was overruled by phc july
13. lussenhop says 'I wanted to get it de-listed to have
greater choices, but once I realized the sentiment of the
historical committee and neighborhood, I said 'fine, I'll
work around it.' in that same article, barry grossbach says
the shca zoning committee has met with lussenhop, but that
no (public) zoning application has been made -- ie, no
public discussion of zoning has taken place. additionally,
there has been no mention of this hotel project in penn's
dp, nor on ucd's website/publications, even though penn and
ucd are (publicly) invested in developing 40th street.
WED OCT 23 | THE ARCHITECT COMMITTEE HEARING.
lussenhop's men testify that '2 open public forums' have
taken place (glenn and andy witness this and report this
onlist, and no one onlist who was also at that hearing
denies it). the architect committee rules against the hotel
proposal 4 to 2. that decision is to be forwarded to the
philly historic commisssion's hearing, scheduled nov 9
FRI OCT 26 | THE OFFICIAL DATE SET BY PENN PRAXIS
for lussenhop to meet with friends of 40th street (8 am).
inexplicably, lussenhop is a no-show and instead meets with
friends on monday oct 29 (8 am?)
THUR NOV 1 | FIRST THURSDAY MEETING (8 am)
at walnut st library. melani reports on kyle's list that
lussenhop didn't have much time to present, there were so
many other things on the agenda ("It was a long First
Thursday meeting, packed with agenda items, and Tom had only
a few minutes to make his presentation.")
FRI NOV 9 | PHILLY HISTORIC COMMISSION HEARING
phc approves hotel proposal 'in concept'. lussenhop's hotel
is now 11 stories tall, without approval by architect
committee. again lussenhop's men testify that lussehop has
met with 'the spruce hill community', and mysteriously,
TUE NOV 13 | SHCA'S ANNUAL ELECTION MEETING (7:30 pm)
at shca's annual election meeting for shca members,
lussenhop presents proposal to about 45 people. shca members
have not been informed that the hotel will be on the agenda,
and in fact, it isn't. nor has the meeting been announced in
the uc review in advance, the usual practice for community
association meetings.
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