Comments on: Should This House Be Torn Down?

By: BST

BST — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:15:36 +0000

Conshy is my home – for generations. I keep asking WHY!!! does Council to do this all the time. Those office bldgs are an eyesore, please save the beautiful old bldgs that are left. Do we really need another BANK, or is it the developers money and a greedy government. Conshy has so many new people that are not aware of the history in our wonderful town. We had a beautiful little town at one time. We have to keep whats left for the future generations. Yes contact the historical society, and Joe Collins is wonderful and loves this town. Wake up Council.

By: Sally Mae

Sally Mae — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:40:23 +0000

So I did go to the Zoning meeting on 2/15 and basically I was shocked and appalled. I was shocked at the lack of interest from the public and I was appalled by the board members. I don’t even think they read the report prior to coming to the meeting. The lawyer won and got a variance issued to have less parking spaces than the Boro required. They have alread won three of such variances BTW…

The most disturbing thing that came out of it was the one of the board members said that maybe it should go back thru the zoning requirments and alter the specifications for parking spots for banks!!!!!! WHAT???
I don’t think people are really understanding what is going on and we really do need to band together on this and TRY to do something.
Call Joe Collins (part of the historical society)
As told to me via Jason Salus:
To my knowledge the Historical Society in Conshohocken has not been involved in preservation efforts in the past. The best person to contact at the Society is Joe Collins (610-828-4022). They are housed at the Mary Wood Park House;
Let’s do our part and bug the sh*t out of the Society!

By: Anonymoose

Anonymoose — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:20:23 +0000

Can we convince Continental Bank to buy the old blue Verizon building and use that?

By: alf

alf — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:48:59 +0000

Maybe Continental could sell pizza, too? We don’t have enough pizza joints either.

Ridiculous.

The reason companies/developers can do this P/L-only driven development is because Conshohocken has NEVER been governed by anyone with any forethought to controlled, aesthetically pleasing, historically sensitive suburban growth that benefits the quality of life of resident and taxpayer. The borough is broke because it pissed away all its past opportunities. And now it cannot even afford a re-write of its obsolete zoning ordinances to allow for continued stewardship of its last remaining historic buildings.

Dumb. Just plain dumb.

By: ed

ed — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:45:14 +0000

nothing is sacred no more in Conshy..Why don’t the boro sell them(continental bank) the old verizon building (it is the worlds ugliest building and needs to be torn down….)….lets preserve some historic properties in CONSHY…we lost many of historic properties to urban renewal and to gas stations and BANKS already……its all about $$$$$$

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By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:48:06 +0000

I am pretty sure I saw this house in a book of old conshy homes from the turn of the century. Jack Coll would know more about that. I would hope the borough could think far enough ahead so our kids kids will still have places like that to see.

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By: Nicki

Nicki — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:18:36 +0000

This is horrible. The last thing conshy needs is yet another bank. Depressing.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:49:25 +0000

I am posting this on my blog, and sending an email to a couple of council people. This is horrible and ridiculous. There are plenty of places they could build a bank. And really, do we need more banks? Geeze.