Reminder: PHA to Demolish Germantown High-Rise on Saturday

With a big, satisfying implosion.

301 Queen Lane, as seen on Google Maps. It will be imploded on Saturday.

301 Queen Lane, as seen on Google Maps. It will be imploded on Saturday.

The Philadelphia Housing Authority is scheduled to implode a 16-story high-rise in Germantown on Saturday morning.

NBC 10 reports: “Police will also be shutting down streets around the high-rise while the implosion is taking place. The demolition is scheduled to take place at 7:15 a.m. rain or shine.”

The high-rise will be replaced with a new public housing project — a “a 55-unit development that will include a mix of low-rise flats, walkups and townhouses.” All the units will be rentals.