I was in Center city/University city today!

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yes a lot of the new buildings in UC look very good, I'm contemplating a move from ny down there.

[Finger Laker]

Originally Posted by maf763

There was a very lively art event along Lancaster Avenue, between around 36th-40th last night. Lots of galleries and foot traffic. It was very encouraging to see.

Cool to hear ... unfortunately I couldn't get the photos to load .... I used to live on Lancaster in that stretch ...... our landlord had her art studio on the 1st floor while we occupied the top 2

this quote bugs me though

"There's a long history over Drexel's 100 years of not always being the best neighbor, sometimes being pushy, sometimes less than sensitive," said Blaise Tobia, who--as both a Drexel art professor and a 20-year Powelton Village resident—acted as liaison between the town and the gown.

Building community relations

"Lately, it's putting some pressure on the neighborhood because there's a lot of commercial viability for student housing. So there's some tension there," Tobia said.

the PVCA is pretty much a worthless entity and if they were dealt with in a rude or pushy manner it's because they needed to be .... they fought, kicked and screamed every step of the way as their slum is being re-made

I hear there has been great progress over the past decade, including development of some vacant land and finally having the "rape garden" cleaned up .... I think Fry will do an excellent job in keeping this momentum going, building a partnership and on a slightly different note look for expansion more to the east and fill in some of the gaps between campus and 30th street station - which would be excellent if it happened