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Speaking of eateries, I'm still looking for just the right one for my 1500 sf commercial space at 4800 Baltimore Ave. Has anyone on the list always had a dream of opening a restaurant? And it would help if you're a good cook, and if you have the resources to build a kitchen....or maybe you have a friend who'd like to do this? I get phone calls all the time about the space, but many folks want to turn it into something that will not be a "lively" (as in Jane Jacobs' Death & Life of Great American Cities) use on our Baltimore Avenue main street....contractor's office, studio space, social services, day care....all commendable endeavors, but we are looking for a restaurant....email me off list.....
melani, it may be your wish to have an eatery at your space on 4800 baltimore, but I wouldn't be using jane jacobs as a reason to exclude other options. what she meant by 'lively' is what olin means by complex, diversified environments -- streets where different activities are going on at different times of the day, where different kinds of activities 'dovetail' to create a true mix and mosaic of people, a dynamic ebb and flo...
given that there are already any number of eateries enlivening baltimore ave, you might do well to consider other uses that 'fill in the missing gaps'-- if, as you say, you're really interested in keeping balitimore avenue 'lively.' it may be that this other use would bring more traffic at different hours than eateries, or different kinds of people, or provide functions that would compliment, rather than duplicate, those of restaurants. it may be that this other use would then bring a need for new businesses nearby that otherwise wouldn't come... etc. etc.
one fun thing to try is google map. go to google and type in '48th st and baltimore ave philadelphia', and when you see the map click on it to enlarge it, and once you're at the big map of 48th and baltimore click on 'find businesses' at the top. you'll then get a search box where you can type in all sorts of stuff (pizza, shoes, daycare, offices, plants) to see what's around 48th and baltimore and what's not around 48th and baltimore.
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