[UC] Fw: RE: [phillyblocks] Rename West River Drive?

Hey kids! Read below-Forwarded Message- From: "S. Sharrieff Ali" Sent: Feb 16, 2005 5:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [phillyblocks] Rename West River Drive? Actually, I just heard from a city contact of mine that it is a done deal, the Drive will be renamed

Re: [UC] Nightmare on Spruce Street

My block went 'permit parking' when I lived on the 500 block of South 44th Street. The day the signs went up, somone from the PPA came and ticketed everyone on the block When I questioned them on some sort of grace period, the PPA officer simply shrugged. In a message dated 2/16/05

Re: [UC] Fw: RE: [phillyblocks] Rename West River Drive?

For what it's worth - most New Yorkers still refer to Sixth Avenue as Sixth Avenue, not Avenue of the Americas, the avenue's official name.. And the "D" train is the Sixth Avenue Subway, not anything else. Al Airone - Original Message - From: Mark Krull To:

[UC] Fwd: [phillyblocks] Rename West River Drive?

In a message dated 2/17/2005 7:40:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Naming the drive after MLK is political pander to a gulible public. Nice piece. How right you are. I'm surprised Ed posted it, since he is the current mayor's fawning lap dog and back-channel

[UC] NYTimes.com: Philadelphia Hopes for a Lead in the Wireless Race

Title: E-Mail This This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The NYT, in another example of its latest foray into lightweight journalism, explores the Philadelphia WiFi experiment. As a proponent of WiFi, but not the John Street way, I ask you to

Re: [UC] tailor/alterations - suggestions?

In a message dated 2/16/2005 11:56:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I need to have some alterations done to some clothing.Can anyone recommend a good tailor/drycleaner in the 'hood? White Seal,south side ofBaltimore just west of 49th, is very good at both.

RE: [UC] Fwd: [phillyblocks] Rename West River Drive?

Title: RE: [UC] Fwd: [phillyblocks] Rename West River Drive? Dr. King attended Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester -- which is not Philadelphia per se, but it's close enough for me. I'd be tickled pink to have any street in the city named after him. Now that our Frank Rizzo statuary needs

[UC] NYTimes.com: Philadelphia Hopes for a Lead in the Wireless Race

Title: E-Mail This This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here's the original article that prompted that letter to the editor. Straight from the horse's mouth. Marianne TECHNOLOGY | February 17, 2005 Philadelphia Hopes for a Lead in

Re: [UC] tailor/alterations - suggestions?

Thanks. Hopefully I will have better luck with White Seal than I've had with Farrar on 46th Baltimore or Harvard Cleaners on 42nd Baltimore. I found myself having to go to Farrar's several times to pick up my drycleaning because it was closed during posted business hours. I recently had a coat

[UC] How to catch a thief

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/4272041.stm -- Thanks, John Ellingsworth 2005-02-17 You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.

Re: [UC] tailor/alterations - suggestions?

the extra $$ was to get out the kim chi stain! On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Jennifer Rumain wrote: Thanks. Hopefully I will have better luck with White Seal than I've had with Farrar on 46th Baltimore or Harvard Cleaners on 42nd Baltimore. I found myself having to go to Farrar's several

RE: [UC] tailor/alterations - suggestions?

So far, I have had consistent good, friendly service both for cleaning and tailoring from The place at 41st and Spruce. And, if I picked up a coat from a cleaners and found evidence that the owners had given It to someone else to wear to a restaurant, I would demand that they give me

RE: [UC] tailor/alterations - suggestions?

Saias Cleaners 251 S 41st St Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 222-2646 In a message dated 2/17/2005 11:00:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, Mayer, Ann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So far, I have had consistent good, friendly service both for cleaning and tailoring from The place at 41st and Spruce.

[UC] Judge Inspector of elections -- primaries

At the time of the last election, there was some interest among participants in this list in serving as poll officials. If you're interested inbeing nominated by your party to runfor Judge of Elections, or Inspector of Elections (there are two, a minority and a majority inspector -- one

RE: [UC] tailor/alterations - suggestions?

FYI: I noticed that for a period of time, Sun Cleaners was not open at its stated morning opening time. This can be very annoying if your are planning on dropping items on your way to work. Also, I do not believe they take credit cards. Jonathan A. Cass Silverman, Bernheim Vogel Two Penn

Re: [UC] tailor/alterations - suggestions?

They do however take personal checks, and I still keep a few of those lying around... actually I have about 2000 that I will never get thru in this lifetime On Feb 17, 2005, at 1:16 PM, Jonathan Cass wrote: on dropping items on your way to work. Also, I do not believe they take credit

[UC] Tone of List

Just wanted to let you know, I've gotten a lot of emails over the past few months from people who (like myself) are reluctant to post to this list because some of the just dowright rude comments certain posts have engendered. This is really too bad, because it means that we are missing out

Re: [UC] Tone of List

Marlene, I second that emotion. Mario Giorno On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:40:17 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just wanted to let you know, I've gotten a lot of emails over the past few months from people who (like myself) are reluctant to post to this list because some

Re: [UC] Tone of List

I've turned over a new leaf myself. I agree with you and will do what I can to only post helpful, positive things. On Feb 17, 2005, at 2:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I honestly think, that while some of exchanges are amusing, little in-jokes and repartees, are not really appropriate to this

Re: [UC] Tone of List

Actually Jeff created a new list after the last round of complaints. It's called univcity-announce (univcity-announce@list.purple.com). While it's still not as heavily used as it should be, it's for people announcing things relevant to UC. Basically all of the announcements that now go to

RE: [UC] Tone of List

Does this mean I have to stop my Diller the Crime Fighter, What is up with Beth Showell and her e-mail style, and That Crazy Pete Coyne series of posts? Oh please don't say I have to stop. It gives me such joy! Jonathan A. Cass -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

[UC] new UCD head

Anyone have the scoop on the new ED of the UCD, Lewis C. Wendell? Looks like he's an out-of-towner who most recently was the deputy commish of development for New Rochelle, NY. There's not much info in the press release: http://www.universitycitydistrict.org/press_releases/pr_02_08_05.cfm

Re: [UC] Fwd: [phillyblocks] Rename West River Drive?

Martin Luther King Jr. does have some Philadelphia history. http://www.afsc.org/about/hist/king.htm http://www.philamlk.org/about_02.htm I'm probably not the best person to expound on this, and the links above don't indicate a substantial amount of time spent here, but there were crucial

Re: [UC] Tone of List

In a message dated 2/17/05 2:42:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just wanted to let you know, I've gotten a lot of emails over the past few months from people who (like myself) are reluctant to post to this list because some of the just dowright rude comments certain posts have engendered.  This

[UC] Wiretap transcripts?

Anyone know where they were released to? I sure would like to get a copy of them. They do not seem to be available on phila.gov ;) -- Thanks, John Ellingsworth 2005-02-17 You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information,

RE: [UC] Tone of List

Amen to Marlenes observations. At least some of us would Like to see this listserve be more oriented towards the needs and interests of the local community and would hope that persons into trashing Others and/or trying to use the list for personal obsessions that are not of

[UC] In the spirit of complaining . . .

I offer a slightly modified old joke: Q: How many listserv subscribers does it take to change the UC list? A: 1,331: 1 to post to the mail list that the uclist has changed 14 to share similar experiences of changing lists and how the uclist could have been changed

Fw: [UC] Tone of List

I delete large segments of messages anticipating that they are,regardless of the issue, simply more of the same. Joe Clarke Three cheers for Marlene Levy!Melani Lamond

[UC] links

Title: Message Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell's web-site: http://www.phila.gov/citycouncil/blackwell/index.html The Paul Robeson House to be restored: http://www.preservationalliance.com/news_robeson.php S.

Re: [UC] Tone of List

In a message dated 2/17/2005 3:10:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: turned over a new leaf myself. .. only post helpful, positive things. Life revolving around UC and its community of intelligentsia is not meant to be bland and banal. To paraphrase Special K,

RE: [UC] Tone of List

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, KAREN ALLEN wrote: I agree. Another offshoot of this is rude, nasty and insulting comments made offlist in response to something that was said onlist. And the writers obviously know they're being insulting, or else they'd have posted their comments to the list. I

Re: [UC] Tone of List - Don't Change

In a message dated 2/17/2005 3:16:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh please don't say I have to stop. It gives me such joy! Unless instructed to do so "by the bench", please carry on. I nowhave a lessened need to tell sick lawyer jokes. I just wont seek your

[UC] tone of list

h interesting i'm not objecting to humor - i definitely enjoy irreverence and believe me there is plenty to be irreverent about in uc...and i don't want just announcements, and boring, bland discussion. and i don't mind chatter... what i'm talking about inside chatter

[UC] Fwd: [phillyblocks] Update on the City's Wireless Project

This is one task force member's (Ed Schwartz') personal/biased opinion. Personally, I believe the bar for municipal achievement in our City is set very low. Look at ourneighborhoods and see the rampant disorder, because of a lack of a coherent municipal strategic vision. Our lack of

[UC] Re: [phillyblocks] Update on the City's Wireless Project

In a message dated 2/17/2005 4:21:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As to the op-ed piece from the Philadelphia Inquirer that I link to here: http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/1091.htm Scott Walstein, the author, works for the

[UC] Re: [UC-Announce] subscribe

On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 05:49:51PM -0500, Joe Clarke wrote: [4 lines, 64 words, 404 characters] Top characters: oinacslr How do you subscribe to this list? Would posts looking for advice on house maintenance be an acceptable topic? Apparently you're already subscribed, probably because

[UC] tone of list

Title: Message Marlene thank you, I know you get it. I find all the personal attacks very juvenile, grade schoolish. It reminds me of my sons, their friends, and their stories. I forget at times these people are "neighbors"..people whoactually live near me and walk the same streets.

Re: [UC] tone of list - grade schoolish

In a message dated 2/17/2005 7:21:46 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, sali@voicenet.com writes: I find all the personal attacks very juvenile, grade schoolish. It reminds me of my sons, their friends, and their stories. Some years back, there was Robert Fulgham's- All I Ever Really

Re: [UC] Tone of List

Man, those were the good old days... that was the best thread I ever read on these lists, ever. Poor Bambi, I wonder where she is now. Samuel Nicolary wrote: On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, KAREN ALLEN wrote: I think that writing from the relative anonymity of a computer screen emboldens those who would

RE: [UC] Tone of List

From: Samuel Nicolary [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Samuel Nicolary [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: KAREN ALLEN [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], univcity@list.purple.com Subject: RE: [UC] Tone of List Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:05:40 -0500 (EST) RE: I find this amusing coming from someone who

RE: [UC] tone of list (social scene in w. philly)

Title: RE: [UC] tone of list (social scene in w. philly) There is no real social scene out here in UC, so people look to this list for interaction. The lack of adult recreation is a real problem here in UC, unlike CC, Fairmount, or Northern Liberties. while i agree that we need better

Re: [UC] Tone of List

Reaching the moral high ground at last, and enjoying my own personal enlightment, I've come to realize that it's posts like these from Karen that are turning the list into a poison pit! KAREN ALLEN wrote: Yo, Sam, where have you been hiding yourself this past year. As always, taking things

Re: [UC] Tone of List - Don't Change

Not to burst the feel good lawyer bubble, but actually, Lee and Carlos had insurance coverage through their store and their carrir paid for their defense (i.e., my fees). For what it is worth, I did win some muckity muck award last year for my pro bono service through the Philadelphia

Re: [UC] Tone of List Violence towards men

In a message dated 2/17/2005 9:32:24 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So as soon as you can find a website extolling the pleasures of male castration, e-mail me back. I'll be waiting, and I'll even bring the rusty machete. You are describing four distinct