In a message dated 4/4/07 9:09:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> 
> A funny item..the organization mostly responsible for marketing
>  the “University City” name in the 60’s..”The West Philadelphia Partnership
> ”.
>  Their name today..”The West Philadelphia Partnership”. For years the Board
>  Chair was a Penn president or top executive.
>   
>  They had a baby in the 90’s…
>  “The West Philadelphia Partnership Community Development Corporation (CDC)”
> .
>   
>  Go figure.
>   
>  S
> 

Don't forget:   they were originally founded as the West Philadelphia 
CORPORATION.   I wasn't here then, but I suspect that at some later point, they 
decided that "Partnership" was more PC than "Corporation."   Sounded like more 
folks had decision-making power, though I don't know if they actually DID.

Melani Lamond



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Urban & Bye, Realtor
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