Congratulations. I like the area around the park. Andrew, Penn/UCD use their marketing machine to call the neighborhood around 50th-52nd the frontier; a scary, unwanted, dangerous place that needs conquest. I know it sounds strange but you are lucky that Penn marketing still calls the neighborhood a ghetto. I hope your neighborhood doesn't allow Penn spin to bother or discourage anyone.
It's very true, in my opinion, that that spin has caused serious damage to the entire city for decades. The image Penn creates for Philadelphia is done for selfish corporate style reasons cooked up by wolves in back rooms on campus. My neighborhood near Clark Park was called a ghetto too during the 1990's. It's obvious to me and some others, the long term Penn strategy then was to soften the neighborhood and city so that a new land grab and power-play could be expedited. Nevertheless, this neighborhood was a great neighborhood and could never be destroyed becuse it drew a diverse mix of people that together formed a great community which inspired people to proclaim, I love it here. But I think it's also clear that Penn jackals underestimated the damage this policy would cause the university as a world class center for research and education. Penn believed that individuals from around the world would be satisfied with having a fortress campus promised and nearby gated suburbs to attract people. But so many students and world class researchers didin't want to come to Philadelphia. Look these aren't the most brilliant corporate snakes guiding Penn policy. These issues converged so that Penn started UCD and commenced the land grab and power play stage of the long term corporate plan for corporate Penn in the mid to late 1990s. Here is my point about being lucky that you are still the ghetto to Penn. You may have some more years ahead where the residents have basic rights as citizens as long as they stay away from the UCD police. Here in the corporate town known as the Penn or UCD district, the residents have completely lost most fundamental rights as citizens. We are permitted only as consumers and subjects in a corporate ruled pseudo gated upscale zone ruled by unaccountable UCD undercover police only accountable to backrooms at Penn. Andrew, I'm glad business and the neighborhood is doing well. Please get the neighbors together if you ever hear any gossip that Penn is coming to save your good neighbors! I've lived through that hell and have been forced to watch my community deconstructed and our rights taken. I wish the Clark Park area and 40th and Pine was the dangerous ghetto again. Sincerely, Glenn, from the occupied UCD zone --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > A dozen blocks west of the proposed hotel at 40th > and Pine, there's a new > development that has a neighborhood excited and > pretty much unified. The 52nd > street business association and newly-formed > cultural affairs office Arts West > have just opened new facilities at 623 S. 52nd St. > The corridor has been > marked by internecine squabbles and a couple of > false starts in recent years, > but this new iteration seems to have some real > momentum. Membership in the > association is on the rise, and several new > businesses have proven to be > enthusiastic contributors to the corridor. If you > haven't been up to 52nd in > awhile, you should make a point of doing so. > Justin's Snacker Corner, Cedar > Supermarket, 52nd Street Flavors (now serving > coffee!), Off The Chain thrift > store, Liz and Daughter Hair Forum, Urban > Unity...the list of new businesses is > growing almost weekly. And there are some nice new > touches. Planters freshly > adorned with flowers, new awnings, freshly painted > facades and street trees are > really livening things up. Anyway, it's not my best > work, but here are some > video highlights from the Grand Opening: > > http://malcolmxpark.org/?p=565 > > That's malcolmxpark.org, West Philadelphia's most > midwestern blog... > > Andrew > ---- > 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>. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---- 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>.
