that's what i used to think, until i discovered Forman Mills at the corner of 48th and walnut. it's no Target, but there are socks-a-plenty. and inexpensively.
not that i wouldn't be tickled pink of the block north west of 46th, currently being bulldozed, turned into a target.....
Neither location much matters.
Penn Students are still terrified of going west of 40th street for anything.
The neighborhood is far to violent for them. (I'd say integrated, but that wouldn't be PC.)
That's why the students petitioned for a Grocery Store at 40th and Walnut -- "on campus," so they wouldn't have to walk through the neighborhood and encounter the neighbors.
the author also has a point about all the @[EMAIL PROTECTED] drug stores. any more and this neighborhood's going to collapse in on itself.
What was it George Carlin used to say? .... D R U G S ! ! !
Ignoring George however, these "drug stores," are really anything but.
They may have started out their corporate existence selling drugs, but today their product lines have expanded dramatically. Virtually every one of them in the area sells significant amounts of food items, both staples -- milk and cereal, toilet paper and trash bags -- as well as junk food -- soda, chips, dip and candy. At many you can even buy things like motor oil, not to mention seasonal decorations, greeting cards and bicycles. About the only thing they don't sell is "hot food to go," but otherwise they are much closer to a 7-11, Wawa, or "mini-mart" - a "convenience store."
These "drug stores" are the "mom and pop" "variety" stores of today. And while they might be corporate brand names, many are owned and operated by a local franchisee, not a corporate employee, just like McDonalds.
T.T.F.N. William H. Magill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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