FYI:  Community College of Philadelphia used this facility back in the early 
1990s for their graduation (which is large), but has since held their 
commencement ceremony at the Mann Music Center.  This facility has been 
problematic for our students with physical disabilities (and family members 
with such), but I was pleased to see the proposal for the structural changes on 
this list-serve awhile back.

-- "William H. Magill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Never "most" -- always, only "a few." (And, I don't believe that "any" 
have taken place there in the past 5 or possibly 10 years, since the 
facility was closed.) Penn hasn't used it for many, many years simply 
because it is way too small. I don't believe that Temple has ever used 
it, nor Textile, nor Jefferson. I don't think that Drexel or Pharmacy 
ever used it, but they might have. To the best of my knowledge, none of 
the Catholic High Schools in the City have ever used it.

The Municipal Auditorium (Civic Center) was abandoned by the City of 
Philadelphia because it is too small for almost anything BUT a couple 
of the smaller, "large" graduation events. It was abandoned by 
Philadelphia Professional Basketball (long before the 76rs) for the 
same reason that Franklin Field was abandoned by the Eagles -- the 
facility was simply too small AND nobody could get to it without day 
long traffic jams (not to mention the lack of parking).


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