"...By the way, my personal one is you are from West Philly if you have heard of the pharmacy college but never heard of USP (née Philadelphia College of Pharmacy)." Hey, maybe they got tired of being called "PCP"...
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:04:02 -0400 Subject: Re: [UC] FW: You know you live in West Philly if . . . From: [email protected] To: [email protected] CC: [email protected]; [email protected] Liz's picture seems UCD-approved. By the way, my personal one is you are from West Philly if you have heard of the pharmacy college but never heard of USP (née Philadelphia College of Pharmacy). I work at USP, so I run into this a lot. Jim On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Wilma de Soto <[email protected]> wrote: You're right Jim. I guess the point I was trying to make is Liz's depiction seemed to me a very limited perspective that suggested a more stilted, contrived, planned version of whar she thinks West Philly is that does not call to mind West Philly to some of us. I live on 45 th St. near Pine. Did you know that actor Peter Boyle grew up on 51st St. near Black Oak Park? Of course Al diPalma is long gone and Murray's is in Narberth but many of things I listed are still here. Thanks for writing. Jim Cummings <[email protected]> wrote: >I guess that is the difference with being FROM West Philly and LIVING IN >West Philly (what Liz claimed). I have lived in West Philly for 25 years and >only scored a yes on Black Oak Park, but then I never go to delis or bars so >I should get a pass on some of these. I have guess on another few ... > >Jim > >On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Wilma de Soto <[email protected]>wrote: > >> • You know you ARE from West Philly if you know what is we called "The >> Dusty". >> >> • You know you ARE from West Philly if you remember Al DiPalma's Hoagie >> Shop. >> >> • You know you ARE from West Philly if you've ever eaten at The Beef and >> Beer and know where the Italian enclave is. >> >> • You know you ARE from West Philly if you know where "Black Oak Park" is. >> >> • You know you ARE from West Philly if you know if you couldn't wait to buy >> water ice at Overbrook Water Ice Stand. >> >> • You know you ARE from West Philly if you know the original location for >> Murray's Deli. >> >> • You know you ARE from West Philly if you know who the "Orange and Blue" >> versus the "Black and Gold" are. >> >> • You know you ARE from West Philly if you know if you can name the streets >> where "the lines" are between areas good and bad and are VERY familiar >> with the phrase, "but that's over the line!". >> >> • You know you ARE from West Philly if you know if you know the routes to >> get to Fairmount Park by either going "over the top" or "down the bottom." >> >> • You know you ARE from West Philly if you have ever walked the bridle path >> on Cobbs Creek Park. >> >> • You know you ARE from West Philly if you know if you realize the person >> who wrote the other article would not have the faintest idea of what is on >> this list. >> >> From: Karen Allen <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Karen Allen <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:13:52 -0400 >> To: UnivCity listserv <[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: [UC] FW: You know you live in West Philly if . . . >> >> Funny thing is that I recognize many of the people Liz is referring to (but >> don't worry, no names...) >> >> ------------------------------ >> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:18:55 -0400 >> Subject: [UC] FW: You know you live in West Philly if . . . >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> >> In case you missed it elsewhere . . . . >> >> http://blogs.phillymag.com/the_philly_post/2011/07/12/live-west-philly/ >> > > > >-- >Jim Cummings -- Jim Cummings
