There are also several hospitals that might require individuals or families to stay for longer terms--weeks or a few months. I understand people occasionally come from great distances to seek care at the Veteran's Hospital, for instance, and some may not feel comfortable taking advantage of Ronald McDonald house. As for competing with ihouse? I'm not sure I see it. They're marketing a whole different experience over there. Not really a Hilton crowd I don't think.
Quoting UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > KAREN ALLEN wrote: > > To allow a developer to erect a building whose size and proposed use is > > so dramatically out of character with the area it would to occupy would > > set a dangerous precedent. Other developers would cite this project to > > attempt to place similar projects on every vacant lot or scrap of land. > > It would open the floodgates to a boom of irresponsible building from > > which UC would never recover. > > > > a thoughtful letter, karen. > > besides the historic commission issues, I keep wondering who > this boutique hotel will serve, who the prospective audience > is, why it's needed. the article in the uc review cited the > need for such a hotel (where each suite has a kitchen) > because the closest boutique hotels were the marriott > downtown and the airport marriott. > > but doesn't such an extended-stay hotel already exist right > on campus? at international house? it seems it does: > > http://www.ihousephilly.org/living-housing-options-rates.htm > > it seems to me that this boutique hotel of penn's is aimed > at accommodating the same type of visitors to penn that > international house serves: > > * Student (full- or part-time) > * Conference attendee > * Prospective student coming for an interview > * Faculty member > * Medical Trainee > * Professional Trainee > * Or, academically-affiliated individual > > ie, folks who would come for a visit, not to our > neighborhood, but to campus -- a visit that would be too > long for bookings at the sheraton or the inn at penn, but > too short for signing an apartment lease. it appears to me > that this boutique hotel, coming on the heels of the hub and > the domus and the stratum and the radian, is complementing > them while competing with international house, which penn > does not own. > > thoughts? > > > .................. > UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN > [aka laserbeam®] > [aka ray] > SERIAL LIAR. CALL FOR RATES. > "It is very clear on this listserve who > these people are. Ray has admitted being > connected to this forger." -- Tony West > "Ray's falsehoods are more sophisticated, > more believable" -- Tony West > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
