Rage, rage against the dying of the King of Jeans
Please note: This article is published as an archive copy from Philadelphia City Paper. My City Paper is not affiliated with Philadelphia City Paper. Philadelphia City Paper was an alternative weekly newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The last edition was published on October 8, 2015.
No word yet on what will happen to the iconic Nagel-esque sign
Photo by justindula via Flickr Creative Commons
According to Albert Stumm at Passyunk Post, the King of Jeans' fate was sealed at a zoning board hearing this afternoon:
The Zoning Board of Adjustment granted the approval today during a rare reconsideration hearing after denying another version of the application at a previous appeal hearing in November. The decision clears the way ... to demolish the current structure and build a 59-foot, five-story building with about 3,000 square feet of retail on the first floor, office space on the second floor and 12 apartments on the remaining three floors.
No word yet on what will happen to the iconic Nagel-esque sign (namesake of an album we like a lot).
Oh, god, just realized when looking up an appropriate video from Pissed Jeans' King of Jeans that you can absolutely see me looking very, very drunk in the background of this one from their record release show at Underground Arts last year. Ugh.
