Bev Coleman, executive director of NeighborhoodsNow and an outspoken advocate for transit-oriented developments in middle- and low-income neighborhoods, points to the subway stop at Broad and Girard as a perfect example of what's wrong.
"On two of the corners, the north corners, you have two drive-thru fast-food restaurants," Coleman said. "Well, why do you need such an auto-oriented use at a transit hub?"
Through the magic of the Google you can see the area in question.
Girard's just a few stops north of City Hall. The #15 trolley also runs through that intersection. North Philly hasn't exactly been booming in recent decades, so it's somewhat understandable that the city welcomed any development at all to places like that, but hopefully things...will change.