Any sentiment out there to change from the contrived “University City” to the historically correct (or at least somewhat historically correct) name of “Blockley,” which was the name of the estate of an early property owner - I think named form his home in England - and later incorporated in the name of Blockley Township, an area which encompassed much of the area prior to the City-County consolidation in 1854? JMW J. Matthew Wolfe Law Office of Alice W. Ballard, P.C. 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 2205 Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 893-9990 Fax (215) 893-9997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4256 Regent Square Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 387-7300 _____
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony West Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 7:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UC] New Marketing Campaign My first take: West Philadelphia is a Planning Analysis Sector that includes a ring of middle-class neighborhoods (Overbrook, Wynnefield, University City, Cobbs Creek) surrounding a hardbitten bluecollar core (Haddington, Mill Creek, Mantua). This core is almost entirely African American today, although it was more diverse racially in the past; class identity is a more enduring characterization of the various West Philly neighborhoods than race is. Cobbs Creek is largely Black, and also the most fragile middle-class neighborhood in West Philadelphia. The other three middle-class neighborhoods contain substantial non-Black populations, although those all decreased in the latest census, with the possible exception of University City, which saw a strong increase in Asian residents.. Southwest Philly is hard to separate from South Philly, in some ways. In other ways, it is hard to separate from West Philly, to which it is tied by many commercial, infrastructural and administrative links. Its class and racial divides are also more similar to West Philly's than to South Philly's in my judgement. WHERE WE LIVE is much larger than a "neighborhood" of a dozen blocks or so. There should be a name for it. It should include people who come from adjacent neighborhoods to work in this one. It should specifically include people who cut across class lines, because cutting across class lines is what makes cities work. In other words, the dweller in Haddington who staffs a convenience store in University City is part of the same West Philadelphia economy whereby a dweller in University City teaches in a grade school in Haddington. -- Tony West ----- Original Message ----- From: S. Sharrieff Ali <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Anthony West' <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 6:44 AM Subject: RE: [UC] New Marketing Campaign UNIVERSITY CITY IS A MARKETING SCHEME WEST PHILLY IS WHERE WE LIVE (would probably have made a stronger statement) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony West Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 6:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UC] New Marketing Campaign The correct counter-sticker would be one that read: THIS IS UNIVERSITY CITY 'West Philly' Is a City Planning Scheme -- Tony West ----- Original Message ----- From: B Andersen <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:11 AM Subject: Re: [UC] New Marketing Campaign I think it would be really funny if the people at UCD made a bunch of stickers saying something like, "UC is the place to be," or "I ♥ University City" - and then sent the ambassadors out to cover all the bumperstickers that went up last week.
