[UC] Funny revitalization story from burbs
Upscalers, The anointed will get a kick out of this one. Man, you can really sense the sadness from these losers-hahahaha. As Gramm, the architect of our beloved Wall St bank system, put it: Americans are a country of whiners. These Bryn Mawr losers are just like the whores of West Philly-hahaha. We’ll probably hear similar moaning when Woodland Tr. is revitalized for a much needed parking garage for the beloved Campus Inn-hahaha. http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20081001_Bryn_Mawr_s_Central_Avenue__Victim_of_revitalization.html?page=1c=y By that evening this past June, the decades-long bond among them and their Central Avenue neighbors was just a reminiscence, a slide show lighting up a screen in the Lower Merion Township Building's public room. Afterward, the township commissioners would push forward with their plan for the continued makeover of this flagging Main Line village, an effort jump-started several years ago by Bryn Mawr Hospital. But as the photos pressed home, saving the town's economic life already had jeopardized something special about Bryn Mawr - its sense of community. 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] University City traffic nightmares
There's something about the 4-way stop sign at 49th and (Paschall?). The street between Kingsessing and Woodland right by the Septa facility. I don't know if it's the size of that intersection and the resulting long length of time it takes to get completely through it but there are always those akward stop?then go, then?stop, then go ?then SLAM the breaks and scream because the other person commits just as you commit moments. That aspect, paired with the famous?rolling stoppers of Philadelphia,?makes for a lot of close calls. Also, the bike riders are?mildly homicidal?in U.C.(from my experience). The most dangerous offense is when they?zoom between the parked cars and (specificlly the 34)?trolley as people are getting on/off, simply because they can fit through the narrow passage. Not sure why bike riders presume they are exempt from that one. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: UnivCity@list.purple.com Sent: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:16 am Subject: [UC] University City traffic nightmares Friends and Neighbors: ? The following was in today's DN. ? It's been suggested that lots of us have items we might add to the list (the horrible left turn going north from University Ave/38th St onto Chester/Baltimore, coupled with the timing of the lights to actually get onto Chester or Baltimore at 39th Street?comes immediately?to mind). ? Al Krigman reminding you that you read it first, here, on the reminding you that you read it first, here, on the popu-list ? Letters: My University City traffic nightmares Philadelphia Daily News (9/29/08) IWORK at 37th and Walnut. If there is a hell for drivers, it must be University City with the constant construction, vast number of pedestrians, trucks, taxis, buses and double-parking. Now, it seems, the city is on a mission to make things worse by adding more traffic lights, stop signs and no-turn-on-red signs. Some specific nightmare spots: 31st and Spring Garden. About a year ago, the city put up a no-turn-on-red sign. The effect: long lines of idling cars on 31st Street burning up $3.75 a gallon gasoline. Spring Garden Bridge at the Art Museum. A new light went up last month. Result? More cars backed up on the bridge. Everything seemed to move well before the light. 34th at Lancaster, at the 7-Eleven. Another new light. Trucks continue to block the right lane as they unload their deliveries to the store. With the new light, there is effectively only one open lane at the light. Traffic backs way up 34th. And let's not forget all the bike lanes our last mayor was so fond of, turning four-lane roads into two lanes. Again, lots of idling, polluting cars. When is the city going to do something to improve traffic flow in University City? Donald Kaufmann, Philadelphia Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators.
[UC] Free Bruce Springsteen conert
Saturday on the Parkway at an Obama rally. Tickets here: http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/paspringsteen Frank 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] Funny revitalization story from burbs
Glenn, I disagree with your interpretation and tone on this one. First : TheIrish in Bryn Mawr, even as late as the 1970's, were the under class. They formed bonds for protection, entertainment, comfort and advancement that were reportedly far in excess of the bonds that exist between neighbors who are isolated by the geometry of attached garages with drive-to mailboxes at the end of long private lane (driveways). After 40 years of insular living, change may be frightening or not welcome for a variety of reasons. With an average age of around 70, these Sellers may truly suffer from the Constructive Eviction for the convenience of BMH. At a certain point, a certain type of person grows comfortable with being carried out in a box. The up to $355,000 that they collected, as Sellers, to Bryn Mawr Hospital, is not enough to buy a better located home in Bryn Mawr. It is not enough to replicate the community, to salve the sense (maybe guilt) of capitulating to the 'carrots and sticks' offered by the 800# gorilla, so much like PENN. Second : Home is rarely a fungible location. Even in new developments of cookie cutter houses, the true home owner invests in upgrades / or relationships that quickly make home unique. I have one friend who has moved 10 times in the last 25 years, but some of the Irises, first planted by her Grandmother, an Ocean away, travel with her, to be planted in every new home. In summer, I can mark her presence, and her passage through UC, by the purple, Bearded Irises, that have become established every where she lives. The neighbors displaced for BMH have may regret the loss of 40 and + years of customization - personalization. Third : You are hearing the whine filtered through the words of the reporter. How can we know from whom the tone resonates? How many of the questions were designed to ferret out the dissatisfaction's? You write in the first person. This lets us hold you accountable for your tone and projection. Irony and sarcasm are VERY difficult to communicate via e-mail to a largely anonymous group. This is a lesson I am still trying to learn. Best! Liz -- Glenn moyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Upscalers, The anointed will get a kick out of this one. Man, you can really sense the sadness from these losers-hahahaha. As Gramm, the architect of our beloved Wall St bank system, put it: Americans are a country of whiners. These Bryn Mawr losers are just like the whores of West Philly-hahaha. We’ll probably hear similar moaning when Woodland Tr. is revitalized for a much needed parking garage for the beloved Campus Inn-hahaha. http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20081001_Bryn_Mawr_s_Central_Avenue__Victim_of_revitalization.html?page=1c=y By that evening this past June, the decades-long bond among them and their Central Avenue neighbors was just a reminiscence, a slide show lighting up a screen in the Lower Merion Township Building's public room. Afterward, the township commissioners would push forward with their plan for the continued makeover of this flagging Main Line village, an effort jump-started several years ago by Bryn Mawr Hospital. But as the photos pressed home, saving the town's economic life already had jeopardized something special about Bryn Mawr - its sense of community. Click for free info on getting an MBA, $200K/ year potential. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3l7wXtnPPKjY5jgYRvJE1L0RxF5FKoxg9cnVsE9GGozjCk85/
[UC] Re: [UC-Announce] Two animal events this weekend
Elmo the Cat Wants to Know... When is Purr in the Park? Original message Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:37:23 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [UC-Announce] Two animal events this weekend To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, All Animal Lovers, Not one, but two pet events this weekend: BARK IN THE PARK – Saturday, October 4 – 2 pm - Clark Park bowl, near 43rd Chester Ave. Enjoy doggie contests, meet the vet, buy chances for a raffle basket of doggie goodies. Spend the afternoon in our beautiful park. BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS – Sunday, October 5 – 12:30 pm – St. Francis de Sales Church, 47th and Springfield Ave. Celebrate with your pet the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, the friend of all of God’s creatures. Please contact me if you have any questions. Fran Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. Susan Jacobson, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Journalism Temple University [EMAIL PROTECTED] b�q诊x-�+yƮ�쨹���r��y�h����gjg�Rx� +rN�r��z�ߢ��r�z)ߢ���*'�硶�� 0�(��b��m�
Re: [UC] University City traffic nightmares
I can speak to your comments about bicycle riders. For over 20 years, a bike was my sole form of transportation around center city, Fishtown and UC. During that time, I had to put up with amazingly idiotic behavior by fellow bike riders. I even marvel today at the number of riders who eschew helmets. Referring to bikers riding between trolleys and pavement, you say you are not sure why they are exempt from that one. Because there is no one to tell them they can't do it!!! Pure and simple. You may notice that many of the bikers are sophomorically young and given to lapses of brain activity. They behave while riding a bike the same way they behave when their parents ask them to take out the garbage. Observe a rule of the road? Nonsense...not when they can flout it. When I commuted from UC to CC, one could always tell the serious (read: responsible) riders especially when the weather started to cool down and effectively weed out the hothouse flowers. One simply has to observe how the rider looks to see whether or not said rider is wearing his brain, using his brain or sitting on it. Riders won't ride with the traffic, won't stop at traffic signals, won't signal to change lanes. They don't see themselves as vehicles using a road and sharing with other vehicles. My personal favorites are the sidewalk riders, candy asses. They seem to be completely oblivious as opposed to the wankers who ride the roads as though they are Plasticman. It is easy to understand why drivers want to knock them off their bikes. However, when I am driving a car, I always give them right of way. Even if I think they are the idiot-contingent; after all, they are fellow-bikers. P.S. There was only ever one worse thing than idiot bike riders on the road in all my experience, hopped-up truck drivers who would actually aim for you while you were riding along the road. They were scary. Sande Knight - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ; UnivCity@list.purple.commailto:UnivCity@list.purple.com Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [UC] University City traffic nightmares There's something about the 4-way stop sign at 49th and (Paschall?). The street between Kingsessing and Woodland right by the Septa facility. I don't know if it's the size of that intersection and the resulting long length of time it takes to get completely through it but there are always those akward stop then go, then stop, then go then SLAM the breaks and scream because the other person commits just as you commit moments. That aspect, paired with the famous rolling stoppers of Philadelphia, makes for a lot of close calls. Also, the bike riders are mildly homicidal in U.C.(from my experience). The most dangerous offense is when they zoom between the parked cars and (specificlly the 34) trolley as people are getting on/off, simply because they can fit through the narrow passage. Not sure why bike riders presume they are exempt from that one. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: UnivCity@list.purple.com Sent: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:16 am Subject: [UC] University City traffic nightmares Friends and Neighbors: The following was in today's DN. It's been suggested that lots of us have items we might add to the list (the horrible left turn going north from University Ave/38th St onto Chester/Baltimore, coupled with the timing of the lights to actually get onto Chester or Baltimore at 39th Street comes immediately to mind). Al Krigman reminding you that you read it first, here, on the popu-list -- -- Letters: My University City traffic nightmares Philadelphia Daily News (9/29/08) IWORK at 37th and Walnut. If there is a hell for drivers, it must be University City with the constant construction, vast number of pedestrians, trucks, taxis, buses and double-parking. Now, it seems, the city is on a mission to make things worse by adding more traffic lights, stop signs and no-turn-on-red signs. Some specific nightmare spots: 31st and Spring Garden. About a year ago, the city put up a no-turn-on-red sign. The effect: long lines of idling cars on 31st Street burning up $3.75 a gallon gasoline. Spring Garden Bridge at the Art Museum. A new light went up last month. Result? More cars backed up on the bridge. Everything seemed to move well before the light. 34th at Lancaster, at the 7-Eleven. Another new light. Trucks continue to block the right lane as they unload their deliveries to the store. With the new light, there is effectively only one open lane at the light. Traffic backs way up 34th. And let's not forget all the bike lanes our last mayor was so fond of, turning
[UC] This American Life - The Harlem Children's Zone
Hi all. I just finished listening to a story on this week¹s This American Life that I think is absolutely must-listening for anyone who cares about kids and child development, about education, about poverty and inequality . . . . It¹s very, very interesting and hopeful and encouraging and inspiring something I think we could all use a bit of these days. It¹s the first story, so you don¹t have to listen to the whole episode. http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=364 Kimm
[UC] Cedar Park Fair -- NOW on Saturday, Oct. 4 from Noon-5
The Little Fair That Could in Philly's Best Neighborhood...with nice music, food, vendors, kids activities, public service tables, moonbounce and the BEST RAFFLE ...will be held this coming Saturday after the rain-delay last week. DJ Brother Jamar will spin great tunes, and you can even take your turn at the mike to croon a few bars if you choose. Raffle tickets will be available for just $1 each and you could win one of 50 or more prizes including the GRAND PRIZE of $500 in FINE DINING Gift Certificates at ten fine local restaurants, including White Dog, Marigold, Vietnam, Dahlak,Vientiane, Dock Street and Abbraccio. MANY thanks to support from our sponsors, especially the Philadelphia Federal Credit Union, plus Urban and Bye Realtor, O'Donnell Real Estate, State Rep. James Roebuck, Central City Toyota and MANY members of Cedar Park who chip in with assistance. And you can win FREE Raffle Tickets with just two correct answers to the Cedar Park Trivia Quiz: 1. What current business has operated continuously for the longest time in Cedar Park? 2. What business (no longer open) operated continuously for the longest time in Cedar Park? 3. What individual was most responsible to prevent redlining in our neighborhood in the late 50's and early 60's? 4. What separatist organization was formed to break off from Cedar Park in the 80's, and why? 5. Where was George Leong laundry? 6. How many BB's are there in Cedar Park? We all hope to see you on Saturday!
