In a message dated 4/2/2007 9:44:43 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Actually, I've been worrying about this Southwest/West Philly business for some time. What are the "actual" boundaries, and according to whom? You seem to imply that SOBA is Southwest Philly -- if the 34 trolley line really does bifurcate the two. Does that mean that Woodland Cemetery and Clark Park are actually in SW? Seems counterintuitive, dude. Got maps? In a message dated 4/2/2007 11:21:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There is discordance among the wikipedia articles ... _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Philadelphia_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Philadelphia) _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Philadelphia_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Philadelphia) _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_City%2C_Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_City,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania) The definitions say south of Balitomore ... the maps show the Schuylkill ... I always heard it was Woodland. The City Planning Commission, long ago, declared it SOBA _http://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/otherinfo/pname3.htm_ (http://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/otherinfo/pname3.htm) . Or, call City planning to confirm. Of course a SW Philadelphia in "University City" didn't and still doesn't sit well with some of the merchandisers of real estate, who needed to disassociate the immediate off-campus SW areas from the Kingsessing area of SW, which rapidly deteriorated due to some particularly poor FHA mortgage underwriting standards implemented in the mid 1950's, more so than anything having to do with the race of the then new buyers. (During the current sub-prime mortgage shake-out, we'll get to see a lot of middle class white folk get smoked by misunderstanding the implications of their interest-only and/or negative amortizing mortgages.) Enjoy your stay in SW, and while you are here maybe you too can help to stem the tide of local violence, instill a practical sense of social justice, and make SW Philly a better place for all of its residents to live work and learn; the same things decent people everywhere desire. Ciao, Craig ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
