Re: [UC] Re: [Ucneighbors] Need exterminator recommendation

[SARAH MARLEY]

Anderson Exterminators, 2nd generation, dependable,
afforable, knowledgeable.
--- Ann Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Mantua Vector did a fantastic job when I had a major
> problem with mice
> several years
> ago. Cindy was the expert who helped me out.
> 
> *Mantua** Community Vector Control*
> 
> *3946 Lancaster Ave**, Philadelphia, PA 19104*
> *Telephone: (215) 222-7378*
> 
> Ann
> 
> 
> 
> On 9/10/07, Brian Siano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > I've got a mouse problem, and while I've been
> doing what can be done
> > (sealing food, setting traps, etc.) I may need to
> hire a pro pest
> > control person to go over the place. Can anyone
> recommend a good pest
> > control company for this?
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[UC] [Fwd: Clark Park Festival SATURDAY the 15th!]

[John Ellingsworth]

 Original Message 
Subject: Clark Park Festival SATURDAY the 15th!
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:01:46 -0400

Hey all!
West Philly's favorite Semi-Annual event is nigh!
The Clark Park Festival is THIS SATURDAY!!!

Judi and I, and loads and loads of folks, have been busting our butts to
make sure this a good one- so come on out and enjoy!

I'm REALLY excited about some of the acts, this year- including freakin'
EDO!
Also, we have Brendan Skwire, Lynn Wetherbee, Psychabilly, Mikingmihrab,
Eric Peterson, Gringo Motel, Slumlord, Todd Young & His Rock Band, One
Nation Ensemble/MOM, Hatchetface, Alien Red, Tintinabulous, & Normal Love.

There will be fantastic food vendors, artists selling their wares, kids'
activities, and, of course, West Philly regulars doing their thing- so come
on out and enjoy yourself! Come early, stay late!

Saturday, September 15
11:00-7:00
43rd St. and Chester Ave.

Please feel free to pass this notice along to your friends!


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RE: [UC] Re: Crown Chicken

[KAREN ALLEN]

I was in Chicago earlier in the summer, and stopped to go to the bathroom at a 
Kentucky Fried Chicken on the South Side, just off an expressway exit. Each and 
every one of the employees was ensconced behind thick bulletproof glass.  
Quickly getting the message that the neighborhood was dangerous, I got the hell 
out of there asap.  But judging from the line of people on the dangerous side 
of the glass, it must have been good chickento "die for", as they say.
"
Karen Allen > Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:35:30 -0400> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; univcity@list.purple.com> From: [EMAIL 
PROTECTED]> Subject: [UC] Re: Crown Chicken> > That's a shame. You can't stop 
Crown Fried Chicken. Lots of people seem to > love it. My boyfriend says it's 
because the bullet proof glass seals in the > flavor.> > -Mariellen

[UC] Re: Crown Chicken

[Mariellen Smith]

That's a shame. You can't stop Crown Fried Chicken. Lots of people seem to 
love it. My boyfriend says it's because the bullet proof glass seals in the 
flavor.


-Mariellen

At 08:09 AM 9/13/2007, Mark Krull wrote:

http://mkrull.blogspot.com/2007/08/coming-to-arts-district-near-you.html

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Mark
http://www.mkrull.blogspot.com



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Re: [UC] Lois Bye Funderburg 9/17/26 ­ 8/15/07 (memorial service 9/22)

[emko]

Very interesting history. I'd never heard about the co-operative  
community.


Ms. Funderburg sounds like a real innovator. My condolences to her  
friends and family who may read the list.


Maggie




On 9/12/07 1:09 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


http://ucreview.com/

Lois and George had an enormous impact on our community.   I feel  
so lucky to have known them and worked with them.

- Melani

Lois Bye Funderburg 9/17/26 – 8/15/07

More than sixty years ago, an idealistic group of people formed  
the Friendship Co-Operative, an intentionally multicultural  
community, in the Powelton Village section of Philadelphia. Over  
the following twenty years, they purchased buildings and lived co- 
operatively - men and women of different races and religions,  
respecting one another’s differences, and sharing leadership.
When they began this venture in 1946, theirs was a very radical  
approach to housing.   With banks redlining huge areas of cities  
and the FHA refusing to give mortgages in “mixed” neighborhoods,  
developing and maintaining a diverse community was not a simple  
matter.


Recognizing additional community needs, ten years later Co-op  
members and others created the Powelton Village Development  
Association.   The goal of this second organization was to reverse  
the deterioration of their neighborhood, neglected after many of  
the houses were chopped into apartments and rooming houses.   They  
raised money, bought dilapidated properties, and convinced  
homebuyers to live in “the Village.”   They brought enthusiasm and  
confidence to the area, encouraging neighbors to appreciate the  
diverse population and remarkable Victorian housing stock.At a  
time when other areas were experiencing “white flight” and real  
estate salespeople were accused of “blockbusting,” PVDA described  
itself as “A Real Estate Firm With a Social Concern.”


Lois Bye Funderburg, who died on August 15th at the age of 81, was  
an early Co-Op resident and founding PVDA board member who went on  
to become an extremely effective community leader and a dedicated  
local business owner.   Her idealism, interest in people, and  
appreciation for West Philadelphia neighborhoods led to her life’s  
work in the area she helped name “University City.”   In addition  
to the Co-op and PVDA, she devoted countless hours of volunteer  
time to the West Philadelphia Partnership, University City  
Historical Society, University City Arts League, and many other  
local groups, committees and initiatives.   She was a founder and  
co-owner of Urban Developers, the residential real estate sales  
firm which she and her second husband, George Funderburg, operated  
for thirty years, beginning in 1961.   She remained a University  
City resident until they retired.   George Funderburg died last  
year on August 16, 2006, exactly 365 days before Lois.


In a 1997 article in the Penn Gazette, writer Samuel Hughes quoted  
Lois:   “Philadelphia is a city of neighborhoods…West Philadelphia  
was such a huge place, and we were trying to develop a market in  
these big Victorian houses around the University, to encourage  
faculty to move back into a diversified neighborhood. So we  
decided to designate the area University City.”


I had the privilege of working with Lois and George at Urban  
Developers, at 4100 Walnut Street, before they retired.   (The  
firm was then combined with Bye Real Estate to become Urban & Bye,  
Realtor, now owned by Lois’ son Arthur Bye and his wife Jan.)
Lois was a mentor and role model for me, and many others.   Today,  
most real estate firms are gigantic corporations with lots of  
salespeople, operating wherever there is money to be made, but  
Lois and George WERE Urban Developers and did most everything  
themselves, whether or not working in their chosen neighborhood  
was profitable.   They were passionate about and dedicated to  
University City, donating very generously to so many community  
causes.   Lois probably spent at least as much time on volunteer  
work as she did on sales, networking before that concept had a  
name – but networking had its rewards when neighbors needed a real  
estate agent.   Small but mighty, Urban Developers sold more  
houses in the area than all of its competitors combined.


Lois’ friend Sylvia Barkan says that she and Lois organized the  
first University City Historical Society House Tour in Garden  
Court in the mid-1970s, before house tours were common.   And they  
didn’t just show the houses, Sylvia explains; they focused on the  
history and architectural styles as well.   Lois was very  
knowledgeable and wrote beautiful, detailed, architectural  
descriptions of University City buildings and neighborhoods.
Sylvia also recalls how hard Lois worked to encourage people to  
live in University City, a difficult task for many years.   Lois  
and George drove potential buyers around the neighborhood and  
pointed out o