I was thinking of adding an element to discussion, but Melani puts it
so well:
From Tony's article:
"Others are outspokenly grateful for UCD. 'We've had UCD for almost 10
years now, and I think many folks in University City either don't
remember, or don't know, what it was like here before that,' said
Melani Lamond, another area real-estate agent. 'The sidewalks were
often dirty. Departing student renters would leave a mountain of trash
when they left, and it would sit there rotting for days. Neighbors and
visitors would see the trash, and they'd want to leave our community as
soon as possible; the mess caused transiency and made it more difficult
to rent apartments and sell houses.'"
In other words, the single most important function for UCD --
especially when it started -- was to clean up after Penn students
living in the neighborhood.
On Jun 14, 2007, at 12:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Click here: The Philadelphia Public Record
http://www.phillyrecord.com/2007/0614/0-article-01.html
By the way, we should feel privileged to have Tony on the UC list,
because on it we get to see the writer's untidy life and the raw
feelings behind his facade. With Hemingway or Dylan (or any of those),
there was a vast gap between the quality of their prose and their
relations with those who knew them intimately.
Glenn, Ray, and several others (me too, on occasion) have drawn Tony's
scorn. We're honored, I guess....
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Kirk Wattles
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