“When we talk about how are we going to continue to develop and grow as a city, it becomes extremely difficult do that, and developers will just shy away from looking at that block, knowing all of the obstacles that they could face. Living in a city like Philadelphia, clearly it’s necessary to preserve the history, but I think we need to do so in a thoughtful, deliberative manner.”
Michael Phillips was quoted in the Billy Penn article “Philly homeowners push back against a wave of new historic districts ,” on August 6, 2025.
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