Philadelphia Electric Company Delaware Station, 1300 Block of North Beach Street, Fishtown, North Philly.
You can read about the History of this massive structure on the Internets, but what is going to happen to this “as seen from I-95” eyesore next to Penn Treaty Park in Fishtown?
There is a big-ass project in the works that includes making this site and Penn Treaty Park the “cultural and civic hub of the northern portion of the Central Delaware Waterfront.” You can visit the website for the Master Plan for the Central Delaware and read the entire plan online.
It’s a project 3 years in the making and will take 25-30 years to roll out. It looks pretty awesome. The PECO building in particular will be “renovated into a large museum and an outdoor theatre and concert venue.”
In the meantime I wish PECO would take some of the $$ from last year’s rate hike and at least paint those smoke stacks or something. They look like crap.
