Yeah they’ve definitely deceased over the years and the wooden pallets they’re sitting on are rotting/buckling underneath them. I’ve lived in my current apartment in waldo/padna (or whatever they’re calling it now) since 2016 and lots has changed since then. So far since I’ve been here 5 high rises have been built within a block of me with two more are underway.

I remember hearing 15+ years ago that it was going to be turned into a Barnes & Noble, nothing ever happened. I don’t think anything will ever come of that space. Much like our Whole Foods that may end up opening 10 years from now.

The bricks from 111 First still occupy that block, they’ve been stacked up on pallets for years. The Rem Koolhaas building that was slated to occupy that land never materialized because of the crash in ‘08 and the land being tainted with chemicals. Essentially those greedy landlords tore down that building for absolutely nothing.

My old block, i used to get coffee there (different name/owners) in early 2000s when I lived across the street. Then one Saturday night a drunk driver crashed into the building and demolished the front facade. I think that was the same year the building catty corner to this burned down. One of the nicest blocks i lived on during my time in Philly but boy was it unlucky.